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John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

Creator:

Lester, Jacob Franklin

Abstract:

Modern science was produced by a Christian society, and although science has had an effect on Christianity, it could not itself remain unaffected. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the subject of evolution was as much a religious as a scientific issue. The battle line was drawn and...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Creator:

Zernel, John Joseph, 1945-

Abstract:

John Wesley Powell worked actively for public land system reform while a director of geographical and geological surveys in the West from 1869 to 1894. Although this has won him acclaim as a conservationist, the basis of Powell's linkage of reform with scientific work is poorly understood. A study of...

Resource Type:

Dissertation