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Nancy Marie Brown is the author of The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman and Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist Looks at Genetically Modified Food, which was named one of the Best Sci-Tech Books for General Readers for 2004 by Library Journal. She lives in East Burke, Vermont.

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The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist

Posted December 3, 2010 | 19:54:36 (EST)

"The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages" is available December 7.

A thousand years ago, the pope studied the stars and found God in numbers. Mathematics ranked among the highest forms of worship, for God...

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