The scientists are presented in this article are clearly regarded by the scientific community alandso by the general population as part of the greatest scientists of all time. Everyone has made fundamental discoveries that have revolutionized science and each is the founding father of one of the major branches of science that we know today.
All these scientists believed in God because they felt they had enough evidence to recognize the existence of a creator, (not because they did not understand certain things), and thus they therefore attributed to God. Indeed, it is by analyzing the mechanisms of natural events that most of these scientists have come to the conclusion that it is clear that intelligence is behind this.
List of scientists present in this article:
- 1 / Nicolas Copernicus ( founder of the heliocentric cosmology )
- 2 / Johannes Kepler ( founder of physical astronomy )
- 3 / Galilee ( founder of experimental physics )
- 4 / William Harvey ( founder of modern medicine )
- 5 / Robert Boyle ( founder of modern chemistry )
- 6 / John Ray ( founder of modern biology )
- 7 / Isaac Newton ( founder of classical physics )
- 8 / Louis Pasteur ( founder of microbiology )
- 9 / William Thomson Kelvin ( founder of thermodynamics )
- 10 / Albert Einstein ( founder of modern theoretical physics )
There are of course others may also be considered part of the greatest scientists of all time but in general, scientists found in this article are the most cited, most popular and those that are most brought to modern science today.
1 / Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543)
Nicolas Copernicus was a famous Polish astronomer considered one of the pioneers of cosmology and known for his discovery that the Earth and the planets revolved around the sun. He mentioned once in a while God in the works and did not consider his scientific discoveries were in conflict with religion.
It is reported that Nicolas Copernicus said:
"Being aware of the magnificent works of God, to try to understand His wisdom, His majesty and His power and enjoy a certain way the operation of His laws, is certainly one way to worship God, for whom ignorance can not be more grateful than knowledge "
(quoted in "knights among the Nations" (1907) by Louis E. Van Norman, p. 290)
2 / Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
Johannes Kepler was a famous German mathematician and astronomer, considered the pioneer of astronomical physics and modern optics. He is best known for discovering the laws that govern the motion of planets around the sun that can explain the complexity of the movement and trajectory of the planets around the sun. They are called in astronomy today Kepler's laws.
According to the book by Peter Barker and Bernard R. Goldstein entitled "The theoretical foundations of astronomy of Kepler," Johannes Kepler believed in God. He thought for his research and discovery of the laws of planetary motion to have worked reveal how one of the geometric planes of the universe created by God. In a book written by JH Tiner of Johannes Kepler, it is reported that these glorified God often in his work by saying:
"Glory to God our Lord, His power and wisdom have no limits" (quoted in "Johannes Kepler, a giant of faith and science" (1977) by JH Tiner, p. 178)
In the same book, the author reports another word of Kepler:
"We now see how God, as an architect, created the world with such precision and attention to detail"
(quoted in "Johannes Kepler, a giant of faith and science" (1977) by JH Tiner, p. 193 )
3 / Galileo (1565-1642)
Great physicist, mathematician and Italian astronomer, Galileo is considered the founder of modern experimental physics. It is particularly known for having formulated the mathematical law describing the falling bodies, for giving a first formulation of the principle of inertia, for perfecting the telescope, and for discovering the salletite Jupiter. It is also important to remember that Galileo was not condemned because he thought the earth was round but because he defended the Copernican system (heliocentrism) stipulating that the earth revolved around the Sun while the Inquisition was defending the system called geocentrism which states the opposite, namely that the sun revolved around the earth ...)
In 1981, Paul Poupart was appointed to head a commission to review the trial of Galileo. He wrote this in response to several books on Galileo, including one entitled "Galileo Galilei" which contains a very interesting speech from Galilee
"When I meditate on all the wonderful things that humans have seized, searched, and I actually tend to recognize more clearly that human intelligence can only be the result of a Creator" (quoted in "Galileo Galilei" of Paul Poupard, p 101)
4 / Sir William Harvey (1578-1657)
Sir William Harvey is a physician and physiologist English, considered one of the pioneers of modern medicine. He was the first to describe completely and in detail the system of blood circulation. He also discovered the role of the heart in propelling the blood and made many remarkable works in the field of embryology by examining the body of certain animals.
In his book written in 1651 entitled "Anatomical Exercises on the Generation of Animals," Harvey said:
"We acknowledge God, the Creator and Supreme Almighty, to be responsible for creating all the animals and His creation and His works point to His existence.Every living thing and is crafted with a ordonée divine wisdom with a unique and incomprehensible power of the most remarkable. These attributes of perfection can only refer to the Almighty "(William Harvey," Anatomical Exercises on the Generation of Animals "1989 edition, 443)
5 / Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Robert Boyle was an Irish chemist and physicist, considered one of the founders of modern chemistry. He was the first chemist to isolate and collect a gas and to distinguish between acids, bases and salts. He also discovered a physical law that, under conditions of constant temperature, pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional. This law is now called the law Boyle.
Boyle believed that the study of nature and attributes of God was the most noble purpose in life. In one of his writings titled "Excellence of Theology compared with Natural Philosophy," Boyle said:
"The grandeur, beauty and order of the celestial bodies, and the excellent structure of animals and plants and other natural phenomena can not be that bringing an intelligent observer and without prejudice to the conclusion that there is a supreme author, powerful , just and good "(Robert Boyle," The excellence of Theology compared with Natural Philosophy "quoted in an article by Raymond J. Seeger in the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation ,1985,183-184)
His scientific research made him realize even more the greatness of God, as he says himself:
"When I look at the book of nature in the light of chemistry, I am often forced to exclaim:" What a beautiful work, Oh Lord! With what wisdom you have created all this "(Robert Boyle, quoted in" the relationship between science and religion based on Robert Boyle "David Woodall, p.32)
6 / John Ray (1627-1705)
John Ray is an English naturalist, considered the founder of biology and natural history of the modern. He was the first to a biological definition of the term "species". He also published important work in botany and zoology, and establishes a classification of plants that will lead later to the birth of modern taxonomy. In 1651, he wrote a book called "Wisdom of God manifested in His creation" in which he states:
"There is no more argument, at least more palpable and convincing about the existence of a deity, that wonderful art and wisdom manifested in the production and the constitution, the order and layout as well as the purposes and uses of all parties and the members of this majestic structure together heaven and earth "(John Ray," Wisdom of God manifested in His creation ")
Another interesting word as John Ray:
"There for a free man no occupation more enjoyable and important to contemplate the sublime works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and goodness of God" (John Ray, quoted in "Scientists who have faith "by Dan Graves p.66)
7 / Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
Considered the second most influential man of all time by Michael H. Hart in his book "The 100, a ranking of most influential people in history," Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist who discovered the laws of universal gravitation. In addition, it also clarifies the mysteries of light and optics and was the inventor of the branch of mathematics called calculus.
Principal in a work entitled "Principles", Newton said
"This system is so wonderfulis the universe with the sun, planets and comets could only come from the will and power of an intelligent ... This being governs all things, not just the world. Recognizing its power over all things, we must call him "Lord God," or "universal ruler" ... The Supreme God is eternal, and absolutely perfect inifinite loop "(Isaac Newton, Principia, Book No. 3, City in "A selection from the writings of Newton" by HS Thayer, p.42)
8 / Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and physicist considered the founder of microbiology and immunology. He found a cure against rabies, carried out important work on fermentation, developed a theory of germs, was the first to develop a vaccine, discovered how to eliminate the disease of silkworms and invented the pasteurization process.
After six years of research, Louis Pasteur disproved the theory of "spontaneous generation" (idea underlying the theory of evolution) according to how life could arise from nothing, and microbes be generated spontaneously. Pasteur proves the law of biogenesis (a living being can only come from another living being) in overthrowing the materialistic idea of the time based on spontaneous generation.
"The more I study nature, the more I am amazed by the work of our Creator. Science brings me closer to God "(Louis Pasteur, quoted in a book by John Hudson Tiner" Louis Pasteur, founder of modern medicine ", 1990)
"A little science takes you away from God. Many you back "(Louis Pasteur, quoted in" God and Science "by Jean Guitton, 1991)
9/William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907)
William Thomson Kelvin is a physicist, mathematician and engineer Irish recognized as one of the pioneers of thermodynamics (branch of physics that studies the thermal phenomena). It also helps to improve the magnetic compass and lay the first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866 from the United Kingdom.
These findings on the conversion of heat led him to define a new temperature scale, called the absolute temperature scale. The unit of the temperature scale named after him: the Kelvin.
In 1871, William Thomson Kelvin became president of the British association for the advancement of science and that same year, during a presidential address, he declared:
"There is evidence of intelligent design flowing all around us and if some perplexity, metaphysical or scientific, may at some point we turn from this evidence, they inevitably come back with an irresistible force, showing us our nature and the influence of our free will, and teach us that all living things depend on a sovereign creator "(William Thomson, quoted in an article by Raymond J. Seeger in the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, June 1985, 99-101)
10 / Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Albert Einstein was a German physicist considered the most known and the greatest scientist of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 and is the origin of the famous equation E = mc2, which establishes an equivalence between matter and energy of a system. Although he never believed in a personal God (ie in a God who interacts with the affairs of man) he still recognized the impossibility of a universe born by chance.
The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "By denying fermemant atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists" This has motivated his interest in science, as said one day to a young physicist:
"I want to know how God created this world, I'm not interested in a particular phenomenon in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details "(Albert Einstein, quoted in" A Conversation with Einstein "of E. Salaman (1955) 370-371)
It is reported more than in 1943, during a conversation with William Hermanns, Einstein said:
"Like I said many times, God does not play dice with the world" (Albert Einstein, quoted in the book of Hermanns' Einstein and the Poet ")
And Allah knows best.
Scimi