 he Polkinghorne
Society is proud to sponsor a lecture by Owen
Gingerich, “Proof and Persuasion: How
Galileo Changed the Rules of Science” at Eastern
Nazarene College: 15 Shrader Hall on Wed, Feb 14, 7:30
p.m. Owen Gingerich is Professor
Emeritus of Astronomy and
History of Science at Harvard
University. His research
interests have ranged from the recomputation of an ancient Babylonian
mathematical table to the interpretation of stellar spectra. He
has written several other books, the most recent of which is God’s Universe.
Gingerich will
examine the intellectual controversy over the Book of
Nature versus the Book of Scripture, novel scientific interpretations
versus a highly literal reading of the Bible. He will explain how
Galileo abandoned the traditional ways of establishing scientific
truth, and by so doing, effectively changed the rules of science
forever.
Contact:
Paul G. Nyce, Assistant
Professor, Physics & Engineering Department, Eastern Nazarene
College,
162 Old Colony, 2nd Floor
Voicemail:
617-847-5808 |
Email: paul.g.nyce@enc.edu.
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