Illuminations Episode 1: Experimental Methods

Published: March 12, 2023, 8 a.m.

Have faith and science always been enemies? The story of Robert Hooke, a revolutionary working in the Scientific Revolution, exemplifies the ways in which Christianity has actually provoked scientific inquiry.\xa0\nRobert George,\xa0McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.\nPatricia Fara,\xa0director of studies and affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge\u2019s Department of the History and Philosophy of Science.\nJim Bennett,\xa0Keeper Emeritus at the Science Museum, London and professor emeritus of the history of science, University of Oxford.\nBrother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.\nStephen Barr, professor emeritus at the University of Delaware\u2019s department of physics and astronomy.\nThis episode was produced by Rosalind Rei and Maria Devlin McNair.\nIlluminations is supported by the John Templeton Foundation.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices