Jesuit science and the republic of letters /

A reassessment of the Jesuit contributions to the emergence of the scientific worldview.Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, wh...

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Other Authors:	Feingold, Mordechai
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Series:	Transformations
Subjects:	Jesuits > History. Religion and science. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book