Quakers, Jews, and Science: Religious Responses to Modernity and the Sciences in Britain, 1650-1900

by Geoffrey N. Cantor

How do science and religion interact? This study examines the ways in which two minorities in Britain - the Quaker and Anglo-Jewish communities - engaged with science. Drawing on a wealth of documentary material, much of which has not been analysed by previous historians, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science: scientific research, science education, science-related careers, and scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199276684
• ISBN13: 9780199276684
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"