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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 : religious responses to modernity and the sciences in Britain, 1650-1900 / Geoffrey Cantor.
ISBN
0199276684 (alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Physical Description
xi, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 06, 2006
Bibliography
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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