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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... scientific inquiry at that time was by no means merely the sudden product of the abandonment of old theories and the triumphant adoption of new meth- ods . The work of Gilbert in magnetism and of Galileo in astronomy , for example ...
... scientific inquiry at that time was by no means merely the sudden product of the abandonment of old theories and the triumphant adoption of new meth- ods . The work of Gilbert in magnetism and of Galileo in astronomy , for example ...
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... 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 ...
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... scientific vocabulary . Words derived from Latin were often called into use not so much as decoration as a means of gaining precision and of compensating for the inadequacies of English . In actuality , Vulgar Errors continues the ...
... scientific vocabulary . Words derived from Latin were often called into use not so much as decoration as a means of gaining precision and of compensating for the inadequacies of English . In actuality , Vulgar Errors continues the ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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