Catholic churchmen in science; sketches of the lives of Catholic ecclesiastics who were among the great founders in science

By

Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), 1865-1942

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Philadelphia, American ecclesiastical review, 1910

Notes

Partly reprinted from various periodicals.

Contents: I. The supposed opposition of science and religion.--II. Copernicus and his times.--III. Basil Valentine: founder of modern chemistry.--IV. Linacre: scholar, physician, priest.--V. Father Kircher, S.J.: scientist, orientalist, and collector.--VI. Bishop Stenson: anatomist and father of geology.--VII. Abbé Haüy: father of crystallography.--VIII. Abbot Mendel: a new outlook in heredity.

Call Number

Q141 .W22

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44077
OCLC: 6410640
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51454918