edited by John Hedley Brooke, Margaret J. Osler, and Jitse M. van der Meer.
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2001.
xii, 376 pages :
illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ;
26 cm.
Osiris : a research journal devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences ;
2nd ser., v. 16
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As contemporary historiography shows, religious ideas -- Christian, Judaic, and Islamic -- motivate much modern scientific effort. This volume explores the question of whether these ideas have shaped the actual content of scientific theories. Reflecting recent scholarship, this collection uncovers the theological facets of modern astronomy in the works of Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, the retention of teleology in the natural philosophy of Boyle, and the theistic and teleological associations of the theory of evolution by Darwin and Wallace.