Mosaic physics or mosaic philosophy refers to the attempt to combine an understanding of the Biblical account of the Book of Genesis (allegedly written by Moses) with a scientific understanding of the natural world.Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700 (2 Vols). (2009). Netherlands: Brill. p .397Ann Blair, "Mosaic Physics and the Search for a Pious Natural Philosophy in the Late Renaissance," Isis 91 : 32-58.) Otto Casmann attempted Mosaic physics. References