Believing scientists list

Bill Hamilton (hamilton@predator.cs.gmr.com)
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 17:13:09 -0500

Randy Landrum posted the following list

>Here is a list of some of the outstanding Bible-believing scientists who
>founded the following branches of science:
>
>Antiseptic surgery, Joseph Lister
>Bacteriology, Louis pasteur
>Calculus, Isaac Newton
>Celestial Mechanics, Johannes Kepler
>Chemistry, Robert Boyle
>Comparative Anatomy, Georges Cuvier
>Computer Science, Charles Babbage
>Dimensional Analysis, Lord rayleigh
>Daynamics, Isaac Newton
>Electronics, John Ambrose Fleming
>Electrodynamics, James Clerk Maxwell
>Electromagnetics, Michael Faraday
>Energetics, Lord Kelvin
>Entomology of living INsects, Henri Fabre
>Field Theory, Michael Faraday
>Fluid Mechanics, George Stokes
>Galactic Astronomy, Sir William Herschel
>Gas Dynamics, Robert Boyle
>Genetics, Gregor Mendel
>Glacial Geology, Louis Agassiz
>Gynecology, James Simpson
>Hydrography, Matthew Maury
>Hydrostatixs, Blaise Pascal
>Ichthyology, Louis Agassiz
>Isotopic Chemistry, William Ramsey
>Model Analysis, Lord Rayleigh
>Natural History, John Ray
>Non-Euclidean Geometry, Bernard Riemann
>Oceanography, Matthew Maury
>Optical Mineralogy, David Brewster

I vaguely remember hearing that Agassiz was most definitely not a
creationist and that he resented attempts of some creationists to make his
views seem to endorse theirs.

Bill Hamilton
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