Mob Quad, Merton College Type post Author Mike Keas Date April 13, 2023 CategoriesAstronomyFaith & ScienceHistory of ScienceMathematics Tagged , Age of Illumination, Age of Reason, Alhazen, Bede, Christianity, conflict myth, Euclid, experiments, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, history, Ibn al-Haytham, Jerry Coyne, Johannes Kepler, Literal Commentary on Genesis, medicine, medieval Church, Medieval science, Middle Ages, Myth of the Dark Ages, Oxford University, Ptolemy, Roger Bacon, Roman Catholic, Saint Augustine, science and religion, The Nature of Things, University of Bologna, Walter Laird, Warfare Thesis Rumors of War and Evidence of Peace Between Science and Christianity Mike Keas April 13, 2023 Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Mathematics 6 The institution in which most scholars investigated natural motion is also noteworthy — the university. This invention began with the University of Bologna. Read More ›
learning Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date February 21, 2019 CategoriesBiologyScience EducationScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, academic freedom, Ann Gauger, bullying, Darwin Devolves, graduate students, Greece, intelligent design, Islam, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Pacific Northwest, Paul Nelson, Politics, postdocs, Richard Sternberg, Roger Bacon, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, Unbelievable, undergraduates Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design — Unique Opportunity for the Sincerely Curious Learner Sarah Chaffee February 21, 2019 Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom 4 Recently I spoke to a university senior who is a leader in a political club at her school. I wondered how things were going for the club. Read More ›
Roger-bacon-statue Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date January 29, 2019 CategoriesAstronomyPhysical SciencesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __edited, authority, dogmatism, experimentation, Medieval Europe, Medieval science, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, natural philosophy, prejudices, Roger Bacon, science, secularists, Unbelievable, universities “No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True! David Klinghoffer January 29, 2019 Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning 3 Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›
University of Bologna 2 Type post Author Mike Keas Date January 22, 2019 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMathematicsScientific Reasoning Tagged , __k-review, Age of Illumination, Age of Reason, Alhazen, Arabic, atheism, Bede, cathedrals, Euclid, eyeglasses, Galileo Galilei, Greek, Ibn al-Haytham, Jerry Coyne, Johannes Kepler, Latin, Literal Commentary on Genesis, Myth of the Dark Ages, Ptolemy, Roger Bacon, Rome, Saint Augustine, scientific revolution, The Nature of Things, Unbelievable, universities, University of Bologna, Walter Laird Atheism’s Myth of a Christian Dark Ages Is Unbelievable Mike Keas January 22, 2019 Faith & Science, Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning 5 Did Christianity really drag the West into an anti-scientific “Dark Ages,” a period said to stretch from the fall of Rome to 1450 AD? Read More ›