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Robert Boyle
1627-1691
Helped develop sciences of chemistry and
gas dynamics
Summary from information available on
Wikipedia:
He is best known for the
formulation of Boyle's law and
he is largely regarded today as the
first modern chemist, and therefore one
of the founders of modern chemistry.
Among his works, The Sceptical
Chymist is seen as a cornerstone
book in the field of chemistry.
Wernher von Braun
1912-1977
Pioneer of rocketry and space
exploration
Summary from information available on
Wikipedia:
A German rocket physicist and
astronautics engineer. He became
one of the leading figures in
development of rocket technology in
Germany and the United States. Wernher von Braun is sometimes said to
be the pre-eminent rocket engineer of
the 20th century. and He is also
generally regarded as the father of the
United States space program, both for
his technical and organizational skills,
and for his public relations efforts on
behalf of space flight. He received the
1975 National Medal of Science.
Michael Faraday
1791-1867
Helped develop science of electromagnets
/ developed the Field Theory / invented
the electric generator. A Faraday
(named after him) is a unit of
electrical charge.
Summary from information available on
Wikipedia:
An English chemist and physicist (or
natural philosopher, in the terminology
of the time) who contributed to the
fields of electromagnetism and
electrochemistry. Faraday studied the
magnetic field around a conductor
carrying a DC electric current, and
established the basis for the magnetic
field concept in physics. He discovered
electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism,
and laws of electrolysis. He established
that magnetism could affect rays of
light and that there was an underlying
relationship between the two phenomena.
His inventions of electromagnetic rotary
devices formed the foundation of
electric motor technology, and it was
largely due to his efforts that
electricity became viable for use in
technology.
Faraday was highly religious; he was a
member of the Sandemanian Church, a
Christian sect founded in 1730 which
demanded total faith and commitment.
Biographers have noted that "a strong
sense of the unity of God and nature
pervaded Faraday's life and work."
Regarding the hereafter, "Speculations?
I have none. I am resting on
certainties."
Joseph Henry
1797-1878
Invented the electric motor and the
galvanometer / discovered self-induction
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
An
American scientist who served as the
first Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. During his lifetime, he was
considered one of the greatest American
scientists since Benjamin Franklin.
While building electromagnets, Henry
discovered the electromagnetic
phenomenon of self-inductance. He also
discovered mutual inductance
independently of Michael Faraday, though
Faraday was the first to publish his
results. Henry's work on the
electromagnetic relay was the basis of
the electrical telegraph, invented by
Samuel Morse and Charles Wheatstone
separately.
The SI unit of inductance, the henry, is
named after Henry, as are derivative
units such as the millihenry and
microhenry.
William Herschel
1738-1822
Helped develop science of galactic
astronomy / discovered double stars /
developed the Global Star Catalog
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
A German-born British astronomer and
composer who became famous for
discovering Uranus. He also discovered
infrared radiation and made many other
discoveries in astronomy.
Herschel strongly believed that God’s
universe was characterized by order and
planning. His discovery of that order
led him to conclude that ‘the undevout
astronomer must be mad'. See also
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i3/scientists.asp
James P. Joule
1818-1889
Developed reversible thermodynamics
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
Joule studied the nature of heat, and
discovered its relationship to
mechanical work. This led to the theory
of conservation of energy, which led to
the development of the first law of
thermodynamics. The SI derived unit of
energy, the joule, is named after him.
He worked with Lord Kelvin to develop
the absolute scale of temperature, made
observations on magnetostriction, and
found the relationship between the
current through a resistance and the
heat dissipated, now called Joule's law.
Johann Kepler
1571-1630
Helped develop science of physical
astronomy / developed the Ephemeris
Tables
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
Kepler was a German mathematician,
astronomer and astrologer, and key
figure in the 17th century Scientific
revolution. He also incorporated
religious arguments and reasoning into
his work, motivated by the religious
conviction that God had created the
world according to an intelligible plan
that is accessible through the natural
light of reason.
Samuel F.B. Morse
1791-1872
Invented the telegraph
Morse was an American painter of
portraits and historic scenes, the
creator of a single wire telegraph
system, and Morse Code. In time the
Morse code would become the primary
language of telegraphy in the world, and
is still the standard for rhythmic
transmission of data.
While a great deal of credit is owed to
Morse for the telegraph, the code was
equally ingenious. Morse believed that
God has put us here for a purpose. God’s
good creation is designed to be studied
and developed to the glory of God and
the benefit of man.
Isaac Newton
1643-1727
Helped develop the science of dynamics
and the discipline of calculus / father
of the Law of Gravity / invented the
reflecting telescope
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
Described as one of the most influential
men in human history. His Philosophiæ
Naturalis Principia Mathematica,
published in 1687, is considered to be
the most influential book in the history
of science. In this work, Newton
described universal gravitation and the
three laws of motion, laying the
groundwork for classical mechanics,
which dominated the scientific view of
the physical Universe for the next three
centuries and is the basis for modern
engineering.
Newton was also highly religious (though
unorthodox), producing more work on
Biblical hermeneutics than the natural
science he is remembered for today.
Newton's stature among scientists
remains at the very top rank, as
demonstrated by a 2005 survey of
scientists in Britain's Royal Society
asking who had the greater effect on the
history of science, Newton or Albert
Einstein. Newton was deemed the more
influential.
"Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the
solar system, I see the earth at the right
distance from the sun to receive the proper
amounts of heat and light. This did not happen
by chance." - Sir Isaac Newton
Blaise Pascal
1623-1662
Helped develop science of hydrostatics /
invented the barometer
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
Pascal was a mathematician of the first
order. He helped create two major new
areas of research. He wrote a
significant treatise on the subject of
projective geometry at the age of
sixteen, and later corresponded with
Pierre de Fermat on probability theory,
strongly influencing the development of
modern economics and social science.
Following Galileo and Torricelli, in
1646 he refuted Aristotle's followers
who insisted that nature abhors a
vacuum. His results caused many disputes
before being accepted
In honor of his scientific
contributions, the name Pascal has been
given to the SI unit of pressure, to a
programming language, and Pascal's law
(an important principle of
hydrostatics), and as mentioned above,
Pascal's triangle and Pascal's wager
still bear his name.
Unfortunately, Pascal's most influential
theological work, referred to
posthumously as the Pensées
("Thoughts"), was not completed before
his death. It was to have been a
sustained and coherent examination and
defense of the Christian faith, with the
original title Apologie de la religion
Chrétienne ("Defense of the Christian
Religion"). What was found upon sifting
through his personal items after his
death were numerous scraps of paper with
isolated thoughts, grouped in a
tentative, but telling, order.
Louis Pastuer
1822-1895
Helped develop science of bacteriology /
discovered the Law of Biogenesis /
invented fermentation control /
developed vaccinations and immunizations
Summary from
information available on Wikipedia:
Pastuer was a French chemist and
microbiologist best known for his
remarkable breakthroughs in the causes
and prevention of disease. His
experiments supported the germ theory of
disease, also reducing mortality from
puerperal fever (childbed), and he
created the first vaccine for rabies. He
was best known to the general public for
inventing a method to stop milk and wine
from causing sickness - this process
came to be called Pasteurization. He is
regarded as one of the three main
founders of microbiology, together with
Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch.
Highly recommended reading:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/arj/v1/n1/louis-pasteurs-views
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