of Copernicus , Kepler , Galileo and Descartes to finalise a new view of the universe, heliocentric , constructed out of mathematically treatable particles, governed by the laws of mathematical physics, working in the fashion of clockwork.

Not until Kepler and Galileo is it taken as a serious challenge, in cosmological terms, to the Ptolemaic system. It is seen to be useful by astronomers for simpler methods of predicting the motions of the heavens. Johannes Kepler

Newton, Descartes , and Galileo were all very religious people. So doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith. However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc -

when speaking in regard to Galileo , he had emphasized that exegetes and theologians must understand science as they seek a correct interpretation of Scripture. Today the theory of evolution is no longer a mere hypothesis. It is increasingly

1.12 Copernicanism and the Galileo Affair - 1.13 The Love Affair Gone Wrong: the eighteenth century - 1.14 Early Conflicts over Darwinism - 1.15 A contemporary instance of consonance and conflict (Big Bang cosmology ) Section C:

The Galileo Affair The Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ Antievolutionists and Creationists Greek Philosophy and the Rise of Western Science

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