Jesuits and the Natural Sciences in Modern Times, 1814-2014

Brill's Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39489-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 106 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies

After their restoration of 1814, the Jesuits made significant contributions to the natural sciences, especially in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, seismology, terrestrial magnetism, mathematics, and biology. This narrative provides a history of the Jesuit institutions in which these discoveries were made, many of which were established in countries that previously had no scientific institutions whatsoever, thus generating a scientific and educational legacy that endures to this day. The article also focuses on the teaching and research that took place at Jesuit universities and secondary schools, as well as the order’s creation of a worldwide network of seventy-four astronomical and geophysical observatories where particularly important contributions were made to the fields of terrestrial magnetism, microseisms, tropical hurricanes, and botany.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Udías, Agustín

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Jesuits and the Natural Sciences in Modern Times, 1814–2014

Agustín Udías

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 A New Beginning

3 Science in the Training of Jesuits and the Tension between Scholastic Philosophy and Modern Science

4 Science in Jesuit Universities, Colleges, and Secondary Schools

5 The New Observatories

6 The Earth’s Magnetism

7 Jesuit Meteorological Stations

8 Tropical Hurricanes

9 Earthquakes and Seismology

10 The Tradition in Mathematics

11 The New Naturalists and Biologists

12 Jesuit Scientists in Non-Jesuit Institutions

13 Recent Developments

14 Jesuit Scientists and Ignatian Spirituality

15 Conclusion

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Agustín Udías holds a PhD in geophysics from Saint Louis University (1964) and a doctorate in physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1971), where he is a professor emeritus. As well as writing extensively on the history of the Jesuits’ involvement in science, Udías has also published articles on earthquake source mechanism, seismicity, and seismotectonics.