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Quakers, Jews, and science religious responses to modernity and the sciences in Britain 1650-1900
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Quakers, Jews, and science [electronic resource] : religious responses to modernity and the sciences in Britain 1650-1900 / Geoffrey Cantor.
ISBN
9780191603389 (ebook) :
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 420 p.) : ill.
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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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Oxford scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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September 03, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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