Professor Aaron Kitch takes a fresh look at William Shakespeare in his latest book, tracing the influence of classical, medieval, and early modern science on the playwright. Shakespeare maintained a ...

In the landscape of knowledge and understanding, science often finds itself at odds with long-held religious beliefs. While faith remains a deeply personal and profound aspect of human experience, ...

Part I. Science and religion : conflict or complexity? 1. Science and religion / Stephen P. Weldon -- Part II. The premodern period. 2. Aristotle and Aristotelianism / Edward Grant and Craig Martin ; ...

Are religion and science really at war with one another? Does health take on a salvific role in modern society? How do religious ideas shape how we think about the natural world, health, and the human ...

Back in 1978, Carl Sagan included a time line of scientific progress in his book Cosmos, showing that nothing at all happened between a.d. 415 and a.d. 1543. This barren period, he implied, was caused ...