Descripción
The presence of the Jesuits in different fi elds of the natural sciences is an interesting
phenomenon that has attracted academic and general attention and can be found in the literature. The Jesuits are popularly known as religious persons who are involved
in scientific work. The scientifi c
work of the Jesuits during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries until the suppression
of the order in 1773 is the subject of a large number of studies. Less known is the
Jesuit scientifi c contribution during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially
in the fi elds of astronomy, geophysics, and meteorology. Although a good number of books and articles have been published about partial aspects of the history of Jesuit scientists, especially for the fi rst period, there is no complete history mthat covers both periods in a unifi ed form. This is the aim of the present book.