Catch 22!
Actually, the greatest period of Science, has been during the height of the church, as the church was never opposed to science, despite the false claims of some haters. The TRUTH will Lead to God, as God is truth.
Before that, the atheist of the day killed every scientist he didn’t like, As we see developing to day the ‘evolution theorists’ (that’s not even science) want to control whats considered ‘science’ today, what direction studies should go, (ie it must support evolution) when their “science” in merely a belief, a RELIGION itself.