Tag Archives: History of Science

Is Science Inherently an Act of Piety?

Posted on March 2, 2018 by theamericanplutarch

During the past century science has become so focused on the material and the secular as to deny what was one of the essential characteristics of Western scientists going back three millennia: piety. Ancient Greek scientists perceived religion and science … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Mr. Lee

Posted on April 20, 2017 by theamericanplutarch

Almost 200 years ago, in 1819, a scientist from England, Thomas Nuttall, journeyed up the Arkansas to near this spot, the Three Forks, the confluence of the Arkansas with the Verdigris and Grand rivers. Nuttall was exploring what had been … Continue reading →

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Superstition and Science

Posted on November 14, 2016 by theamericanplutarch

In July, 1819, up the Arkansas River several score miles from here, a remarkable conversation took place that could have only happened in the Old West of cowboys and Indians. The conversation involved an Indian, but not a cowboy, rather … Continue reading →

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