The Bible, Protestantism, and the rise of natural science

Peter Harrison examines the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science. He shows how both the contents of the Bible, and more particularly the way it was interpreted, had a profound influence on conceptions of nature from the third century to the seventeenth. The rise of modern sci...

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Autor principal: Harrison, Peter, 1955- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 1998.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Peter Harrison examines the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science. He shows how both the contents of the Bible, and more particularly the way it was interpreted, had a profound influence on conceptions of nature from the third century to the seventeenth. The rise of modern science is linked to the Protestant approach to texts, an approach which spelt an end to the symbolic world of the Middle Ages and established the conditions for the scientific investigation and technological exploitation of nature.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 274-305) e índice.
ISBN:9780511002946
9780511585524
9780521591966