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0 (hodnocen0 x )

BK

1st ed.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, c2009

x, 302 s. ; 21 cm

ISBN 978-0-674-05741-8 (brož.)

Popsáno dle brož. dotisku vydaného v roce 2010

Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

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CONTENTS // Acknowledgments xi // Introduction 1 // Ronald L. Numbers // Myth 1. That the Rise of Christianity Was Responsible for the Demise of Ancient Science 8 David C. Lindberg // Myth 2. That the Medieval Christian Church Suppressed the Growth of Science 19 Michael H. Shank // Myth 3. That Medieval Christians Taught That the Earth Was Flat 28 Lesley B. Cormack // Myth 4. That Medieval Islamic Culture Was Inhospitable to Science 35 Syed Nomanul Haq // Myth 5. That the Medieval Church Prohibited Human Dissection 43 Katharine Park // Vlil // CONTENTS // Myth 6. // Myth 7. // Myth 8. // Myth 9. // Myth 10. // Myth 11. // Myth 12. // Myth 13. // Myth 14. // That Copernicanism Demoted Humans from the Center of the Cosmos 50 Dennis R. Danielson // That Giordano Bruno Was the First Martyr of Modern Science 59 Jole Shackelford // That Galileo Was Imprisoned and Tortured for Advocating Copernicanism 68 Maurice A. Finocchiavo // That Christianity Gave Birth to Modern Science 79 Noah J. Efron // That the Scientific Revolution Liberated Science from Religion 90 Margaret J. Osier // That Catholics Did Not Contribute to the Scientific Revolution 99 // Lawrence M. Principe // That René Descartes Originated the Mind-Body Distinction 107 // Peter Harrison // That Isaac Newton’s Mechanistic Cosmology Eliminated the Need for God 115 Edward B. Davis // That the Church Denounced Anesthesia in Childbirth on Biblical Grounds 123 Rennie B. Schoepflin // CONTENTS // Myth 15. That the Theory of

Organic Evolution Is Based on Circular Reasoning 131 Nicolaas A. Rupke // Myth 16. That Evolution Destroyed Darwin’s Faith in Christianity—Until He Reconverted on His Deathbed 142 James Moore // Myth 17. That Huxley Defeated Wilberforce in Their Debate over Evolution and Religion 152 David N. Livingstone // Myth 18. That Darwin Destroyed Natural Theology 161 Jon hi. Roberts // Myth 19. That Darwin and Haeckel Were Complicit in Nazi Biology 170 Robert J. Richards // Myth 20. That the Scopes Trial Ended in Defeat for Antievolutionism 178 Edward J. Larson // Myth 21. That Einstein Believed in a Personal God 187 Matthew Stanley // Myth 22. That Quantum Physics Demonstrated the Doctrine of Free Will 196 Daniel Patrick Thurs // Myth 23. That “Intelligent Design” Represents a Scientific Challenge to Evolution 206 Michael Ruse // CONTENTS // Myth 24. That Creationism Is a Uniquely American Phenomenon 215 Ronald L. Numbers // Myth 25. That Modern Science Has Secularized Western Culture 224 John Medley Brooke // Notes 235 // List of Contributors 285 // Index 291