Tag: John William Draper

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, aqueducts, atheism, block printing, Cambridge University, Chinese, compass, faith, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, Greeks, gunpowder, history, Ian Barbour, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John William Draper, Judeo-Christian tradition, Melissa Cain Travis, monotheism, Nicolaus Copernicus, philosophers, pyramids, roads, Robert Boyle, Romans, scientific revolution, theology, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Western Europe}

New Book: For This Scientist, Science Did Not Point to Atheism

_{Stephen C. Meyer
January 17, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Kepler was not alone. Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, and many others who established modern science were deeply religious thinkers. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, John William Draper, Joseph Hooker, Linnaean Society, natural selection, Nature (journal), On the Origin of Species, Peter Bowler, propaganda, proselytizing, Royal Society, Samuel Wilberforce, Thomas Henry Huxley, X Club}

Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: The Role of Propaganda

_{Neil Thomas
August 26, 2022

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science

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To isolate and quantify the factors which ultimately led to the acceptance of Darwinian ideas is not a straightforward task. Read More ›

Portrait of Galileo Galilei and his telescope

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Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Alison Abbott, Andrew Dickson White, Christianity, climate change, conflict myth, creationism, Discovery Institute, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, geocentrism, heliocentrism, heresy, Inquisition, John William Draper, Jonathan Wells, Michael Keas, Nature (journal), Nicolaus Copernicus, public education, religion, Roman Catholic, science and religion, science denialism, The Milky Way, Unbelievable, Warfare Thesis, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie History — Using Galileo to Whack Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
May 22, 2020

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Science Reporting

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As a top science journal tells the story, the Galileo myth is relevant only to attack those who challenge the establishment consensus. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Dickson White, Benjamin Wiker, Bridgewater Treatises, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, City University of New York, Cornell University, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, Ernst Mayr, Francis Galton, George Will, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harry Bruinius, history, Jacques Barzun, James D. Watson, James Moore, Jeffrey Shallit, John William Draper, Julian Huxley, Leo Strauss, Mein Kampf, Panda's Thumb, PZ Myers, Victorian England}

Himmelfarb and Her Haters

_{Michael Flannery
January 3, 2020

Evolution

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What can be said of Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution in the dusk of 2009, fifty year after its original publication? Is it a terrible book? Read More ›