![]() ![]() Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke with the Roman Catholic Church around 1530 and fled to Geneva, Switzerland to help reform the church in Geneva. John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. ![]() ![]() Second, some of the cartoons do really relate to science and technology – let’s not forget about transmogrification -, and third, there is of course also a personal story that I’m going to tell you today… John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes Well, we have included Calvin and Hobbes into our daily blog for several reasons: First, the reference for John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes and their philosophic differences that have been expressed in a wonderful and very peculiar way. Ok, you might ask, what does a daily cartoon comic strip have to do with the history of science and technology. On November 18, 1985, the first Calvin and Hobbes daily comic strip was published, the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his sardonic stuffed tiger by American cartoonist Bill Watterson. Book Cover of ‘Scientific Progress Goes “Boink” ![]()
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