Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters

by Mordechai Feingold

Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that little reason existed for historians to take Jesuit science seriously.Only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262062348
• ISBN13: 9780262062343
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher