Shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. Rejecting the traditional picture of secularization, this work argues that science in the seventeenth century emerged not in opposition to religion but rather was in many respects driven by it.
Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. It did not distance itself from religion but rather entered into an alliance with it to provide a comprehensive picture of the world--transforming not just science but also religion.
a project of breathtaking ambition... an impressive performance...and synthesizes a lot of difficult material into a coherent body.
