A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom
by Andrew Dickson White · first published 1896
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…teaching. But it gained currency in the 19th century, thanks to inaccurate histories such as John William Draper's History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1874) and Andrew Dickson White's History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896).
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