Galileo, Darwin, and Hawking; the interplay of science, reason, and religion.(RELIGION)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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BL240

2004-061981

0-8028-2696-2

Galileo, Darwin, and Hawking; the interplay of science, reason, and religion.

Dowe, Phil.

W.B. Eerdmans, [c]2005

205 p.

$21.00 (pa)

In an introduction to the philosophy of science, Dowe (philosophy, U. of Queensland-Brisbane, Australia) identifies four basic ...

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