Science and Religion, Volume II: 1450 - 1900: From Copernicus to Darwin

The Johns Hopkins University Press, April 2006. Paper Back. New. The two-volume <i>Science and Religion</i> holds the promise of introducing the reader to everything important about the title subject - the major facts, the issues, their social and intellectual context, the positions taken and the arguments supporting them - and actually deliver on that promise. In Volume II, Olsen covers the scientific revolution of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, the Newtonian synthesis, the Kantian separation of science and faith, Darwin and responses. The writing is authoritative, accessible and even-handed. Appended to each volume is a chronology of related events, approximately 50-pages of hard to find primary sources, and an annotated bibliography. Serious students of science and religion should start here. Volume II, 292 pp.