Introduction: science in dissenting religious communities -- Two communities -- Education and careers -- Scientific institutions -- Trajectories in science -- Quaker attitudes and practices -- Quaker responses to evolution -- Jewish attitudes and practices -- Jewish responses to evolution -- Historical comparisons and historiographical reflections
Summary
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, Geoffrey Cantor charts the participation of Quakers and Jews in many different aspects of science
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-397) and index
