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The Christian Roots of Modern Science

16th century manuscript. Photo © Andrew Beierle, http://www.sxc.hu If I could travel back in time to ask Isaac Newton about the relationship between science and religion, he would probably be...

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What’s in a name?

© Mateusz Stachowski, http://www.freeimages.com I recently discovered that a poet is at least partly responsible for the label ‘scientist’. Before the nineteenth century people who studied the material...

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Earthworms and Orchids: Why the founders of modern science cultivated virtue

© Alfred Borchard, http://www.freeimages.com I met a man at a conference this year who said he has spent his whole life studying. I have no idea how he funds his insatiable appetite for new knowledge,...

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