Revolution in Science

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 1-4

3. Wisdom of the Ancients

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Greek Sky: The World Before the Telescope

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 7-27

   3. Heaven and Earth

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 29-43

   4. The Darkness Rising

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 45-68

4. The Gathering Storm

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Medieval Sky

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 71-88

   3. The Great Chain of Being

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 89-102

5. The Revolutions: The Weapons of Discovery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. The Telescope and Galileo

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 105-129

   3. Evolution and Darwin

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 131-144

6. The Aftermath: Worlds Turned Upside Down

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. The “Galileo” Aftermath

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 147-175

   3. The “Darwin” Aftermath

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 177-190

7. The Prestige

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. The Kudos

      • Mark L. Brake

      Pages 193-206

8. Back Matter

   Pages 207-221

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This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these two scientists in this is a timely examination of the ways in which faith and science clash, and how the battle for 'truth' is a perennial one.

• Charles Darwin
• earth
• evolution
• Galileo Galilei
• sky
• telescope
• the origin

"Fascinating. Mark Brake takes a story about the political manipulation of the scientific ideasof Greek natural philosophers by the established church across two millennia and with a facility and style rare among scientists and an acute understanding of the human condition breathes life into the entire fabric. A compelling, thought provoking and inventive narrative." - Roy Davies, author of The Darwin Conspiracy: Origins of a Scientific Crime

MARK BRAKE is Director of the Science Communication Research Unit at the University of Glamorgan in Wales, UK. He has served as science consultant to Microsoft and was a founding member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute science communication group. He is the author of Different Engines: How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science (2007) and Futureworld: Where Science Fiction Becomes Science (2008). He lives in Wales, United Kingdom.

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