10 December
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In Book Reviews, The Bible and Scientific Issues

by Peter Lemesurier (London: Piatkus Books 2000) pbk. 325pp) ISBN: 0749921633   From The Presbyterian Banner, September 2002 Peter Lemesurier appears to be one of the more sane followers of Michel de Nostredame (1503-66), if that is not a contradiction in terms. Nostradame, later known as Nostradamus, was a contemporary of his fellow Frenchman John Calvin (1509-65), but was a far different character. Nostradamus was of Jewish extraction but a practising Roman Catholic. He achieved considerable fame as a physician of the plague, although his medical qualifications are uncertain, and he did not claim great success himself. He was also famed somewhat as an ‘astrologer’,Read More →

09 December
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In Book Reviews, The Bible and Scientific Issues

 By Peter Harrison (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), xii + 313pp., A$105 This review by Rowland S. Ward appeared in the Reformed Theological Review, December 1999.   Peter Harrison is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bond University, Qld. He has authored a volume that is well-written and rsearched and which is very valuable in understanding the origins of the natural sciences. A common view since the 1930s has been that the Puritans were the key to the rise of the sciences since so many of them were involved in the founding of the Royal Society. They were also over-represented in the sciences compared to theirRead More →