Catholic churchmen in science; sketches of the lives of Catholic ecclesiastics who were among the great founders in science
Partly reprinted from various periodicals I. The supposed opposition of science and religion.--II. Copernicus and his times.--III. Basil Valentine: founder of modern chemistry.--IV. Linacre: scholar, physician, priest.--V. Father Kircher, S.J.: scientist, orientalist, and collector.--VI. Bishop Stenson: anatomist and father of geology.--VII. Abbé Haüy: father of crystallography.--VIII. Abbot Mendel: a new outlook in heredity
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