Jesuits and the Book of Nature : Science and Education in Modern Portugal

Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal offers an account of the Jesuits' contributions to science and education after the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal in 1858.

Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Jesuit Science and Education: a Brief History
2 The Pombaline Expulsion and the Building of Anti-Jesuitism
3 Carlos Rademaker and the Restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal
4 For the Greater Credibility: Science and Education in Modern Portugal
5 The Republican Exile and the Confiscation of the Natural History Collections
6 The Journal Broteria, the Book of Nature, and the Greater Glory of God
7 The Journal Broteria: Vulgarizacao cientifica and the Popularization of Science, Technology, and Medicine
8 Taxonomy, Cytogenetics, and Plant Breeding in the Early Years of Estado Novo
9 New Lenses to Read the Book of Nature: Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, and Bioethics
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index


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