(Paperback)

In the popular imagination, historical relations between the Roman Catholic Church and modern science are best epitomized in the case of Galileo Galilei. This book presents a picture of the back and forth volleys between representatives of the scientific and ecclesiastical establishments as well as within each of those establishments.

(Hardback)

In the popular imagination, historical relations between the Roman Catholic Church and modern science are best epitomized in the case of Galileo Galilei. This work is the general history of the reactions of the RCC to developments in the natural sciences from about 1800 to the dawn of the twenty-first century.