Reviewed by W. Roy Smith.
| + | Putnam’s. 2: 360. Je. ’07. 1000w. |
“The whole book is well worth reading, if only that we may have our vague knowledge of political history arranged and corrected by a writer who rarely suffers the informing instinct to oust the critical faculty.”
| + + − | Spec. 98: 371. Mr. 9, ’07. 1390w. |
Walsh, James Joseph. [Catholic churchmen in science]: sketches of the lives of Catholic ecclesiastics who were among the great founders in science. *$1. Dolphin press.
6–38910.
In order to refute the charge that the Roman Catholic church is the enemy of science, the author has prepared brief biographies of some Catholic ecclesiastics who have made important contributions to physical science. They include: Copernicus, Basil Valentine, Linacre, Father Kircher, Bishop Stenson, Abbé Haüy, and Abbot Mendel.
“The doctor has enhanced the value of this welcome little book by prefixing a short, forcible answer to the claim that science and religion are in conflict.”
| + | Cath. World. 84: 548. Ja. ’07. 260w. | |
| + | Ind. 62: 333. F. 7, ’07. 170w. |