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Ronald Numbers

Ronald L. Numbers (born 1942) is an American historian of science. He was awarded the 2008 George Sarton Medal by the History of Science Society for "a lifetime of exceptional scholarly achievement by a distinguished scholar".1

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Biography

Numbers was a Seventh-day Adventist lecturer. He wrote the book Prophetess of Health, first published in 1976, about the relationship between church co-founder and prophetess Ellen G. White and the medical knowledge of her times.2 The consequences for the church's understanding of her inspiration were highly controversial, and Numbers was removed from employment. As of 2008 he describes his religious views as "agnostic".3

Numbers received his Ph.D. in history of science from University of California, Berkeley in 1969. Currently he is Hilldale and William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1989 to 1993 he was editor of Isis, an international journal of the history of science. With David Lindberg, he has co-edited two anthologies on the relationship between religion and science. Also with Lindberg, he is currently editing the 8-volume Cambridge History of Science.

Numbers is an eminent figure in the history of science and religion and an authority on the historical significance of creationism and "creation science". His book The Creationists documents the creationist movement and is considered as possibly the most definitive history of anti-evolutionism. Numbers is in the rare position of being widely respected by both scientists and creationists.4

Bibliography

  • The Creationists (New York: Knopf, 1992; paperback edition, University of California Press, 1993; expanded edition, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006).
  • Darwinism Comes to America (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998).
  • Disseminating Darwinism: The Role of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 1999), co-edited with John Stenhouse.

Notes and references

  1. ^ History of Science Society. "2008 Award Winners". Retrieved on 2008-11-26.
  2. ^ Reviews include Glenn Vandervliet. Isis 69:1 (March 1978), p146–47. JSTOR link. See also the reviews in Spectrum 8:2 (January 1977)
  3. ^ See introduction to The Creationists. See also Prophetess of Health Reappears, an interview of Numbers by Alita Byrd of Spectrum
  4. ^ Numbers, Ronald (2007). "Seeing the light -- of science" (http). Ronald Numbers Interviewed by Steve Paulson. Salon. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.

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