Quakers, Jews, and science : religious responses to modernity and the sciences in Britain, 1650-1900 / Geoffrey Cantor.

  • Cantor, G. N., 1943-
Date:
2005
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-397) and index.

Contents

Introduction : science in 'dissenting' religious communities -- Two communities -- Education and careers -- Scientific institutions -- Trajectories in science -- Quaker attitudes and practices -- Quaker responses to evolution -- Jewish attitudes and practices -- Jewish responses to evolution -- Historical comparisons and historiographical reflections.

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    History of Medicine
    ABP.41.AA6-8
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ISBN

  • 0199276684