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SUMMARY:The Anatomy of a Conversion:  Nicolaus Steno and the Search for Re
 ligious Certainty in the “Scientific Revolution” - Dr Nuno Castel-Bran
 co (All Souls College\, Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion Lect
 ure featuring Dr Nuno Castel-Branco from All Souls College\, University of
  Oxford.\n\nThis fascinating lecture explores the life and work of Nicolau
 s Steno\, a pioneering 17th-century scientist who made groundbreaking cont
 ributions to anatomy and geology before his dramatic conversion to Catholi
 cism. Dr Castel-Branco examines how Steno navigated the tensions between s
 cientific inquiry and religious faith during one of history's most transfo
 rmative periods.\n\nDiscover how one of the Scientific Revolution's most b
 rilliant minds sought to reconcile empirical observation with spiritual ce
 rtainty\, and what his journey reveals about the relationship between scie
 nce and religion in early modern Europe.\n\nEvent Details:\n\n1) Date: Wed
 nesday\, 4 March\n2) Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM\n3) Location: Room 10.30\, Sc
 hwarzman Centre\, University of Oxford\n4) Wine reception for attendees in
  the Faculty of Theology and Religion (third floor\, Schwarzman Centre) \n
 \nThis lecture is part of the Ian Ramsey Centre's ongoing series exploring
  the intersection of theology and religion with scientific thought.\n\nAbo
 ut the Speaker: Dr Nuno Castel-Branco is a historian of early modern cultu
 re and science\, specializing in the interdisciplinary exchanges between p
 hysics\, medicine\, and theology in seventeenth-century Europe. He is comp
 leting a book on Nicolaus Steno that explores how the scientist integrated
  mathematics and chemistry into anatomy while navigating complex networks 
 of scholars\, princes\, and artisans. His research examines the relationsh
 ip between scientific innovation and religious thought\, with ongoing work
  on early modern Italy\, Iberian expansion\, and collaborations between ma
 thematicians\, anatomists\, and patrons.\n\nFor any queries\, please conta
 ct: irc.admin@theology.ox.ac.uk\n\nAll are welcome to attend.\nSpeakers:\n
 Dr Nuno Castel-Branco (All Souls College\, Oxford)
LOCATION:Room 10.30\, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
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