Another book for school, but this time it's one for my science class. This book, like the title suggests, is about numerous myths surrounding the link between science and religion. Some of them are pretty broad, such as ones concerning the effect of Christianity on the birth of science, how Islam reacted to the influence of science, and how science hasn't necessarily secularized Western culture. But there are also some really interesting ones, such as the one it mentions on its cover (it is very likely that Galileo never spent a night in an actual jail because of that trial--and there is no evidence suggesting that he was ever tortured).A lot of the myths are simply cases where the media or certain people have exaggerated things, and so the myth is loosely true. And that did annoy me sometimes. But overall, it did open my eyes to some cool facts about the history of science. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone and everyone, if only so these myths could finally die.
Rating: 7.4/10
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