Preface Essay 1: The Catholic Church—Midwife and Nursemaid to Science SECTION 1: Prologue: the Greek World SECTION 2: St. Augustine, a Theologian for our Times SECTION 3: The Medieval Church, Midwife and Nursemaid to Science SECTION 4: Science “versus” the Church? Essay 2: Ways of Knowing; The Limits of Science SECTION 1: Faith and Revelation…
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Section 1–Science: Quantum Mechanics, A Primer INTRODUCTION Since 1900 the world of science has been turned upside down and inside out by two revolutionary theories: relativity (special and general) and quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics originated from Max Planck’s explanation of black-body radiation (radiation from hot objects) and since that time (1899) has become a powerful…