Reijer Hooykaas
Reijer Hooykaas was a Dutch historian of science. He along with Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis were pioneers in professionalizing the history of science in the Netherlands. Hooykaas gave the prestigious Gifford Lectures at St.
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Background
- Born in
- Schoonhoven
- Educated at
- Utrecht University
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Hugo Rudolph Kruyt
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"Pascal scornfully said that simple workmen had been able to convince of error those great men that are called 'philosophers'. It was, then, these unlearned men... who were most ready to believe 'what …"
"The Portuguese had undertaken their voyages towards the southern hemisphere in spite of the science of their day... they followed an irresistible urge, which went against their scientific and religiou…"
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1906
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