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Articles with Religion
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"Eppur si muove" – Galileo at his trial
In the church-science split, both sides have suffered
On June 22, 1633, Galileo Galilei was condemned by a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church for teaching that the Earth revolves about the sun, rather than the other way round.
Albert and Elsa Einstein (Public Domain)
Is science really necessary — or is it just a means to an end?
Elsa Einstein was once asked if she understood her famous husband’s theory of relativity. She replied, “Oh, no, although he has explained it to me many times — but it is not necessary to my happiness.”
German postcard, ca. 1900 (Public Domain)
On the side of the angels
One of my earliest memories is of an angel.
Negative image of Shroud of Turin (Public Domain)
Science and miracles
By now everyone has heard the result of the carbon-14 dating tests on the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth preserved in the cathedral at Turin, Italy, bearing the likeness of a man and purported to be the winding sheet of Christ.
Woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (Public Domain)
God and the Big Bang
Next winter [1985] Halley’s Comet will make its long awaited dash around the sun. It will be the fourth appearance of the comet since Newton’s colleague Edmund Halley predicted its periodic return.