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 26
... .1 The Sussex home of Browne's mother , who had borne the melodious name of Anne Garraway , is mentioned in one of the few childhood recollections he has left us- in a letter to his son Edward , written in 26 From Cheapside to Winchester.
... .1 The Sussex home of Browne's mother , who had borne the melodious name of Anne Garraway , is mentioned in one of the few childhood recollections he has left us- in a letter to his son Edward , written in 26 From Cheapside to Winchester.
Page 147
... mentioning authorities jok- ingly , as he does in his chapter on the error that the elephant has no joints . At the ... mentioned in an earlier chapter as one of the leading professors at Montpellier in the six- teenth century , was ...
... mentioning authorities jok- ingly , as he does in his chapter on the error that the elephant has no joints . At the ... mentioned in an earlier chapter as one of the leading professors at Montpellier in the six- teenth century , was ...
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... mentioned in the records of the Society . A thermometer was sent him , to observe the weather in Halifax . He reported on his investigations of the load- stone ; he designed an instrument for demonstrating the Copernican theory ; he ...
... mentioned in the records of the Society . A thermometer was sent him , to observe the weather in Halifax . He reported on his investigations of the load- stone ; he designed an instrument for demonstrating the Copernican theory ; he ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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