The Soul of Science, ch. 3

"The pursuit of mathematics was not a secular activity. It was akin to religious contemplation." Kearney

Pearcey and Thaxton further establish that scientific inquiry arose out of an interpretive framework that was religious (though not necessarily Christian). Taking significant scientists, mathematicians and astronomers one by one, they illustrate the religious devotion that gave us modern scientific theory. This is bemoaned by those who would want us to believe that science triumphed over religious thought. In order to understand the thinkers and therefore their work, we must embrace their motivation and destination which are both religious.