{"product_id":"god-versus-nature-the-conflict-between-religion-and-science-in-history-9781951937041","title":"God Versus Nature: The Conflict Between Religion and Science in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScience Versus Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience is based on reason. Religion is based on faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReason and faith are fundamentally incompatible, therefore science and religion must be incompatible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven this basic conflict, a close look at history reveals some puzzling facts: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eScience was born in a society that believed in many gods (Ancient Greece).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNumerous scientific achievements were made in the very religious Islamic world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModern science was born in a society dominated by Christianity (seventeenth-century Europe).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMost scientists in history were religious.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow are we to make sense of these facts? How are we to relate them to the broader trajectory of the science\/religion relationship from Ancient Greece to the present?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat is the subject of this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeiler, Frederick M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Frederick M. Seiler has an M.A. in the History of Science from Indiana University, and degrees in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has published articles in The Intellectual Activist and The Objective Standard. He currently works as an engineer in northern Virginia.","brand":"Epigraph Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859632230674,"sku":"9781951937041","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08bada36-6064-40a3-b863-0f2d5a217e4a.jpg?v=1737560768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/god-versus-nature-the-conflict-between-religion-and-science-in-history-9781951937041","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}