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Xu Guang-qi (1562-1633) made Western mathematics available by translating works into Chinese, born 24 Apr www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Xu…

On 07 April 2009, Stanley L. Jaki , a Benedictine priest, died in Madrid, on his way from Rome to the United States. He was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, and in particular their relationship to... sciencemeetsfaith.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/sta…

@catholiclab Also a supporter of natural selection, but not in the rigid way Darwin was. Mivart’s Biological Evolution concerns stand in good stead with today’s most important evolution concerns: the origin of novel variations.

St. George Jackson Mivart (d.OTD 1900), biologist who was a leading critic of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. #Catholic thinkingfaith.org/tags/mivart

This is also a lovely piece I read few weeks ago, on Church Mother Macrina, 'her love, her wisdom, her healing words—and, of course, her scientific thought' christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/februa…

Hundreds of medieval and early modern Greek manuscripts – including some of the most important works on religion, mathematics, history, drama and philosophy – are to be made available to anyone with access to the internet. cam.ac.uk/greekmanuscrip…

Christopher Clavius (1538-1612), an astronomer who helped introduce the Gregorian calendar, born 25 Mar www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Cl…

Here’s one for the Franciscans!!! Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi wins global prize bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Atheism is inconsistent with the scientific method, prize-winning physicist says bit.ly/2TMSgGz

Today's a very important anniversary: according to some medieval calculations, the world was created #OnThisDay, 18 March aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-da…

Franz Xaver Wulfen (d.OTD 1805) #Jesuit priest, botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, and alpinist who discovered plant species. #Catholic

Nicolò Arrighetti (b.OTD 1709) #Jesuit professor of natural philosophy who wrote on light, heat & electricity and on causes of movement of mercury in barometers. #Catholic

Johann Baptist Cysat (d.OTD 1657) #Jesuit mathematician and astronomer, best known for his detailed study of the comet of 1618. #Catholic

On 15 March 1711, Eusebio Francisco Kino SJ died in Sonora, Mexico. He was a Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer and astronomer - an extraordinary person in many respects! sciencemeetsfaith.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/eus…

A grumpy prof in another dept. once told one of my students that she couldn't believe in both God and science. No one who knows even recent history of science repeats such dogmatic nonsense. Georges Lemaître, priest and father of the big bang, had no trouble believing in both.

#1 And the most popular tweet from this past year is.... These eclipse diagrams from a 15th physician’s almanac.

Nicéphore Niepce (b.OTD 1765) inventor and lithographer who was the first to make a permanent photographic image. #Catholic

Saint Thomas Aquinas (d.OTD 1274), who defined science as the knowledge of things from their causes. #Catholic

On 26 February 1878, the astronomer and Jesuit Priest Pietro Angelo Secchi (1818–1878) passed away in Rome. He was a physicist and mathematician with remarkable ability and passion for astronomy. Read more on his life and work on our blog: sciencemeetsfaith.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/fr-…