Marcus Hellyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1211409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcus Hellyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcus |
| FAMILY NAME | Hellyer |
| SIGNATURE | HELLYER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters
Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that little reason existed for historians to take Jesuit science se…
Copernicanism Reformed
The Birth of Modern Science
Paolo Rossi. The Birth of Modern Science. Trans. Cynthia De Nardi Ipsen. (The Making of Europe.) Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Pbk. x + 276 pp. index. chron. bibl. $15.99. ISBN: 0-631-22711-3. - Volume 56 Issue 4
On Tycho's Island
Jesuit Physics In Eighteenth-Century Germany
Because the Authority of My Superiors Commands
The Society of Jesus established an extensive range of measures designed to ensure uniformity in natural philosophical questions. These culminated in the Ordinatio pro Studiis Superioribus of 1651. Such measures did have significant effects on the teaching and publishing of physics among the Jesuits in Germany; it was impossible for Jesuits to openly adhere to atomism, the Cartesian view of body or heliocentrism, for example. But many Jesuits did…
Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters
Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that little reason existed for historians to take Jesuit science se…
Because the Authority of My Superiors Commands
The Society of Jesus established an extensive range of measures designed to ensure uniformity in natural philosophical questions. These culminated in the Ordinatio pro Studiis Superioribus of 1651. Such measures did have significant effects on the teaching and publishing of physics among the Jesuits in Germany; it was impossible for Jesuits to openly adhere to atomism, the Cartesian view of body or heliocentrism, for example. But many Jesuits did…
Because the Authority of My Superiors Commands
The Society of Jesus established an extensive range of measures designed to ensure uniformity in natural philosophical questions. These culminated in the Ordinatio pro Studiis Superioribus of 1651. Such measures did have significant effects on the teaching and publishing of physics among the Jesuits in Germany; it was impossible for Jesuits to openly adhere to atomism, the Cartesian view of body or heliocentrism, for example. But many Jesuits did…
Jesuit Physics In Eighteenth-Century Germany
On Tycho's Island
Copernicanism Reformed
The Birth of Modern Science
Paolo Rossi. The Birth of Modern Science. Trans. Cynthia De Nardi Ipsen. (The Making of Europe.) Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Pbk. x + 276 pp. index. chron. bibl. $15.99. ISBN: 0-631-22711-3. - Volume 56 Issue 4
Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters
Founded in 1540, the Society of Jesus was viewed for centuries as an impediment to the development of modern science. The Jesuit educational system was deemed conservative and antithetical to creative thought, while the Order and its members were blamed by Galileo, Descartes, and their disciples for virtually every proceeding against the new science. No wonder a consensus emerged that little reason existed for historians to take Jesuit science se…
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