Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithSchuman, 1950 - 319 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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Page 34
... scientific in- formation at a time when new discoveries were coming thick and fast . As a single instance , there is Browne's correspondence about scientific matters with Reverend Theodore Jónsson ( Theodorus Jonas ) in Iceland - a ...
... scientific in- formation at a time when new discoveries were coming thick and fast . As a single instance , there is Browne's correspondence about scientific matters with Reverend Theodore Jónsson ( Theodorus Jonas ) in Iceland - a ...
Page 182
... scientific discovery . At the end of a particularly gruesome passage on buried bodies , Browne recollects seeing one that had been buried " ten years in a Church - yard " containing " large lumps of fat " with " the consistence of the ...
... scientific discovery . At the end of a particularly gruesome passage on buried bodies , Browne recollects seeing one that had been buried " ten years in a Church - yard " containing " large lumps of fat " with " the consistence of the ...
Page 264
... scientific leaders of that time.22 We may notice also that the nucleus of the Society was known to be predominantly Puritan in sympathy . Indeed , the members of the Invisible College had been suspected of holding secret Puritan ...
... scientific leaders of that time.22 We may notice also that the nucleus of the Society was known to be predominantly Puritan in sympathy . Indeed , the members of the Invisible College had been suspected of holding secret Puritan ...
Contents
From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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