Does science meet religion? What’s a better way than looking through a telescope? Way back in 1891, in order to counteract the longstanding accusations of
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India as an Observatory: Involvement of Jesuits in India
By Franky Fernandes – As we have seen, Jesuits who came to the “mission fields” were trained in practical astronomy and considered India as “theater
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Tryst with Telescope in Goa: Birth of Telescopic Astronomy in India
By Franky Fernandes – The men of cloth being men of science would carry not just Gospel but also European science. In a similar fashion,
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Jesuits Contribution to Astronomy: From Rachol and Beyond
By Franky Fernandes – India has a long tradition of astronomy influenced by Greeks and Arabs, but modern science was introduced in India by the
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