John Hedley Brooke's scientific contributions

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Aspects of the Galileo affair are identified that can be of particular value in teaching AT 17. Some common myths are exposed as a corrective to popular images of intrinsic conflict between science and religion.

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... Also, Brecht's play argued the debates and wars about 'religious power vs. state control' and 'intelligent design vs. science-based thinking'. The importance of Brecht's play to this study is that it reinforces a point on which the Galileo affair offers a striking demonstration that scientific research does not take place in a cultural vacuum (Brooke, 1990). Therefore, there is a need for research to explore these issues about the relationships between scientists, scientific research and religion within the community of the science teachers in a Muslim country like Egypt. ...