A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom vs Brief Answers to the Big Questions: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom Andrew Dickson White · 1896 ★★★★☆ 3.5 474 pages · ≈ 8 h 47 m · Challenging

In this important work, which spawned a great deal of controversy at its appearance, White exhaustively documents the battle between science and religion in matters of creation versus evolution, the geocentric versus…

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Cover of Brief Answers to the Big Questions Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking · 2014 ★★★★☆ 4.3 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Challenging

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as…

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A history of the warfare of science with theology in ChristendomBrief Answers to the Big Questions
Goodreads 3.5 (129) 4.2 (91068)
Hardcover — 4.3 (259)
Google Books — 5.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.5 (436)

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A history of the warfare of science with theology in ChristendomBrief Answers to the Big Questions
Ratings 129 91068
Editions 36 16
Citations 46 —
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 125527
Reading it now — 12324
Written reviews — 6972
Wikipedia attention 199 763
Pages 474 256

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