UPC: 9789004394896 | Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences: Jesuits and the Natural Sciences in Modern Times 1814-2014 : Brill s Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies (Paperback)

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From 1814 linked to their educational work Jesuits made significant contributions to the natural sciences especially in the fields of astronomy meteorology seismology terrestrial magnetism mathematics and biology in a worldwide network of universities secondary schools and observatories. After their restoration of 1814 the Jesuits made significant contributions to the natural sciences especially in the fields of astronomy meteorology seismology terrestrial magnetism mathematics and biology. This narrative provides a history of the Jesuit institutions in which these discoveries were made many of which were established in countries that previously had no scientific institutions whatsoever thus generating a scientific and educational legacy that endures to this day. The article also focuses on the teaching and research that took place at Jesuit universities and secondary schools as well as the order s creation of a worldwide network of seventy-four astronomical and geophysical observatories where particularly important contributions were made to the fields of terrestrial magnetism microseisms tropical hurricanes and botany.