Quakers, Jews, and science : religious responses to modernity and the sciences in Britain, 1650-1900 /
How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 420 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-397) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423753313 9781423753315 0191534897 9780191534898 9786612185946 6612185945 1282185942 9781282185944 0199276684 9780199276684 |