Distinctions of Reason and Reasonable Distinctions - The Academic Life of John Wallis (1616-1703)

An intellectual biography of John Wallis (1616-1703), professor of mathematics at Oxford. Despite war, church upheaval, and a revolution in science, Wallis advanced mathematics and natural philosophy within the university, bridging old and new.

About the author

Jason M. Rampelt is a Fellow in Christianity and Science at the Greystone Theological Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He writes on early modern natural philosophy and theology and the intersecting domains of Christianity and the natural sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Jason M Rampelt, Jason M. Rampelt
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2019
• EAN: 9789004409132
• ISBN: 978-90-04-40913-2
• No. of pages: 332
• Weight: 655 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries