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The Scientific Revolution: Its Classical and Christian History
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Introduction
Lecture 1: The Scientific Revolution: The Big Picture (Preview Content)3 Topics|1 Quiz -
Lesson 2.1 Why History Matters: The Conflict Thesis3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 2.2: Why History Matters: The Influence of the Conflict Thesis3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 2.3: Why History Matters: Why Historians Reject the Conflict Thesis3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Ancient Greek ScienceLecture 3: The Stars in Their Courses3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 4.1: Science in Antiquity: Greek Natural Philosophy (Preview Content)3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 4.2: Science in Antiquity: Understanding the Earth3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 4.3: Science in Antiquity: The Heavenly Realm3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 5: Plato’s Universe3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 6.1: Saving the Phenomena: Ancient Greek Astronomy & the Influence of Plato3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 6.2: Saving the Phenomena: Eudoxus’ Homocentric Spheres3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 6.3: Saving the Phenomena: Aristotle3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 6.4: Saving the Phenomena: Ptolemy3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 7: Measuring the World: Eratosthenes, Aristarchus, and the Size of the Cosmos in Antiquity3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Greek Science in Cultural ContextsLecture 8: Athens and Jerusalem: Greek Natural Philosophy and the Early Church3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 9: Rome, Alexandria, and Baghdad: The Reception of Greek Natural Philosophy in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 10: East Meets West: The Universities and Greek Natural Philosophy in the High Middle Ages3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 11: Revolt of the Handmaiden: The Condemnation of 12773 Topics|1 Quiz
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The Scientific Revolution: The New World PictureLecture 12.1: Copernicus Moves the Earth: What He Did and What it Meant, Part 1 (Preview Content)3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 12.2: Copernicus Moves the Earth: What He Did and What it Meant, Part 23 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 12.3: Copernicus Moves the Earth: What He Did and What it Meant, Part 33 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 13: Tycho’s Compromise3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 14: Kepler’s New Astronomy: His Neoplatonist “Proof” of Copernican Astronomy3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 15: Kepler’s New Astronomy: Celestial Physics and the Harmonies of the World3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 16: Galileo and the Telescope: Copernicus Vindicated3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 17: The New Mechanics of Galileo: Physics on a Moving Earth3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 18: Galileo & the Roman Catholic Church: A Clash of Personalities, Not “Warfare” of Religion and Science3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lesson 19: Galileo and the Garden of Eden3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 20: Newton, the Man: Public Science and Private Religion3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 21: Newton, Gravitation, and God3 Topics|1 Quiz
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The Scientific Revolution: The New World View, New Views of Knowledge, and New Interactions with ChristianityLesson 22.1: The New World View: Of Animals and Machines3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 22.2: The New World View: Of Clockworks and God3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 23.1: New Sources of Knowledge and New Attitudes about Acquiring It: New Sources of Knowledge3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 23.2: New Sources of Knowledge and New Attitudes about Acquiring It: New Views of How to Obtain Knowledge3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 24.1: New Views of Knowledge: Progress3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 24.2: New Views of Knowledge: Utility and Praise3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 25.1: New Interactions between Christianity and Science: Part One3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 25.2: New Interactions between Christianity and Science: Part Two3 Topics|1 Quiz
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Lecture 26: Why Christianity is Good for Science3 Topics|1 Quiz
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End of Course TestEnd of Course Test: The Scientific Revolution: Its Classical and Christian History1 Quiz
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- The Anatomical Drawings of Andreas Vesalius by J.B. de C.M. Saunders & Charles D. O’Malley
- Discourse on Method, Optics, Geometry, and Meteorology by René Descartes (by Paul Ovlescamp?)
- The Scientific Revolution (second edition) by Steven Shapin
- The Rainbow From Myth to Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer
- The Two Books Historical Notes on Some Interactions between Natural Science and Theology by Olaf Pederson