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The World Makers Scientists Of The Restoration And The Search For The Origins Of The Earth

by William Poole

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Examines how the emerging discipline of experimental philosophy reacted to the Biblical Genesis to interpret the physical origin, present status, and final destination of Earth. Looks at the role of the Royal Society of London and men such as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley, and Thomas Burnet in the developing separation of religion and science.

CosmologyReligion and scienceIntellectual lifeRoyal Society (Great Britain)HistoryOriginHistoryroyal society (great britain)Religion and science--historyReligion and science--history--17th centuryReligion and science--great britain--history--17th centuryOrigin--historyBl240.3 .p66 2010