Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.
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Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.
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The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.
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Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.
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The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored by the Church--provided the framework for the Scientific Revolution.
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Jesuits so dominated the study of earthquakes that seismology became known as 'the Jesuit Science.
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