Revolution in Science - How Galileo and Darwin Changed Our World

Zusatztext "Fascinating. Mark Brake takes a story about the political manipulation of the scientific ideasof Greek natural philosophers by the established church across two millennia and with a facility and style rare among scientists and an acute understanding of the human condition breathes life into the entire fabric. A compelling! thought provoking and inventive narrative." - Roy Davies! author of The Darwin Conspiracy: Origins of a Scientific Crime Informationen zum Autor MARK BRAKE is Director of the Science Communication Research Unit at the University of Glamorgan in Wales, UK. He has served as science consultant to Microsoft and was a founding member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute science communication group. He is the author of Different Engines: How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science (2007) and Futureworld: Where Science Fiction Becomes Science (2008). He lives in Wales, United Kingdom . Klappentext This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these two scientists in this is a timely examination of the ways in which faith and science clash, and how the battle for 'truth' is a perennial one. Zusammenfassung This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these two scientists in this is a timely examination of the ways in which faith and science clash! and how the battle for 'truth' is a perennial one. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS Greek Sky: The World Before the Telescope Heaven and Earth The Darkness Rising PART II: THE GATHERING STORM The Medieval Sky The Great Chain of Being PART III: THE REVOLUTIONS: THE WEAPONS OF DISCOVERY The Telescope and Galileo Evolution and Darwin PART IV: THE AFTERMATH: WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN The 'Galileo' Aftermath The 'Darwin' Aftermath PART V: THE PRESTIGE The Kudos...

Product details

• Authors: M Brake, M. Brake, Mark L. Brake, Professor Mark L. Brake
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2010
• EAN: 9780230202689
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20268-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Macmillan Science; Macmillan Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); B, Literature, History, Evolution, popular science, Life Sciences, astronomy, Astrophysics, History of Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary studies, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Evolutionary Biology, Theoretical & mathematical astronomy, Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences, Technology and Engineering, Literature, general, Popular works, Popular Science, general, Palgrave History Collection, Biography, Literature & Literary studies