"So many of my colleagues are Christians that I can't walk across my church's fellowship hall without tripping over a dozen physicists."
--William D. Phillips (1948- ), awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics for using lasers to produce temperatures only a fraction of a degree above absolute zero
Study on religion and scientists
It is often argued that most scientist are atheists, this is a subject which deserves a lot of time to go over, which I will do at a later time. For now I will tell you that Galileo, Isaac Newton, Faraday, mendel,,kelvin, Planck, Bohm, Bohr, born, Heisenberg all believed in God. As well as many other scientists. We will explore their accomplishments and beliefs.
The first systematic analysis in decades to examine the religious beliefs and practices of elite academics in the sciences supports the notion that science professors at top universities are less religious than the general population, but attributes this to a number of variables that have little to do with their study of science.
The 2005-07 study, "Religion Among Academic Scientists" (RAAS) was conducted by Elaine Howard Ecklund, assistant professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo and principal investigator.
The study is based on a survey of 1,646 academic scientists at 21 elite research universities and in-depth interviews with 271 of them.
The survey sample consisted of academics in seven different natural and social science disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, economics, political science, psychology and sub-fields like molecular biology, biochemistry, social psychology and neuroscience. The rate of response to the survey was nearly 75 percent, which Ecklund says is extremely high for a faculty survey.
Almost 52 percent of scientists surveyed identified themselves as having no current religious affiliation compared with only 14 percent of the general population.
Among scientists, as in the general population, being raised in a home in which religion and religious practice were valued is the most important predictor of present religiosity among the subjects.
Ecklund and Scheitle concluded that the assumption that becoming a scientist necessarily leads to loss of religion is untenable.
Ecklund says, "It appears that those from non-religious backgrounds disproportionately self-select into scientific professions. This may reflect the fact that there is tension between the religious tenets of some groups and the theories and methods of particular sciences and it contributes to the large number of non-religious scientists.
The first systematic analysis in decades to examine the religious beliefs and practices of elite academics in the sciences supports the notion that science professors at top universities are less religious than the general population, but attributes this to a number of variables that have little to do with their study of science.
The 2005-07 study, "Religion Among Academic Scientists" (RAAS) was conducted by Elaine Howard Ecklund, assistant professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo and principal investigator.
The study is based on a survey of 1,646 academic scientists at 21 elite research universities and in-depth interviews with 271 of them.
The survey sample consisted of academics in seven different natural and social science disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, economics, political science, psychology and sub-fields like molecular biology, biochemistry, social psychology and neuroscience. The rate of response to the survey was nearly 75 percent, which Ecklund says is extremely high for a faculty survey.
Almost 52 percent of scientists surveyed identified themselves as having no current religious affiliation compared with only 14 percent of the general population.
Among scientists, as in the general population, being raised in a home in which religion and religious practice were valued is the most important predictor of present religiosity among the subjects.
Ecklund and Scheitle concluded that the assumption that becoming a scientist necessarily leads to loss of religion is untenable.
Ecklund says, "It appears that those from non-religious backgrounds disproportionately self-select into scientific professions. This may reflect the fact that there is tension between the religious tenets of some groups and the theories and methods of particular sciences and it contributes to the large number of non-religious scientists.
Quote from a scientist
"There is no incompatibility between science and religion. ... Science shows that God exists."
--Derek Barton (1918-1998), shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the concept and applications of conformation.
--Derek Barton (1918-1998), shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the concept and applications of conformation.
David Bohm
From www.spiritualmusings.net/forerunner.html
“David Bohm-His life devoted to science, authored three books on the quantum theory, the special theory of relativity, causality and chance in modern physics, plus many articles for journals. His main focus on theoretical physics.believed that mystical insights achieved by meditation can be a useful guide in the formulation of scientific theories... The existence of a creative Being that is omnipotent and omniscient becomes more credible when science can say that this view of reality is possible.”
“David Bohm-His life devoted to science, authored three books on the quantum theory, the special theory of relativity, causality and chance in modern physics, plus many articles for journals. His main focus on theoretical physics.believed that mystical insights achieved by meditation can be a useful guide in the formulation of scientific theories... The existence of a creative Being that is omnipotent and omniscient becomes more credible when science can say that this view of reality is possible.”
What is quantum physics
according to thinkquest.org
“Quantum physics is a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta as described by the Quantum Theory. There are five main ideas represented in Quantum Theory:
1. Energy is not continuous, but comes in small but discrete units.
2. The elementary particles behave both like particles and like waves.
3. The movement of these particles is inherently random.
4. It is physically impossible to know both the position and the momentum of a particle at the same time. The more precisely one is known, the less precise the measurement of the other is.
5. The atomic world is nothing like the world we live in.
While at a glance this may seem like just another strange theory, it contains many clues as to the fundamental nature of the universe and is more important than even relativity in the grand scheme of things (if any one thing at that level could be said to be more important than anything else). Furthermore, it describes the nature of the universe as being much different than the world we see. As Niels Bohr said, "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."
“Quantum physics is a branch of science that deals with discrete, indivisible units of energy called quanta as described by the Quantum Theory. There are five main ideas represented in Quantum Theory:
1. Energy is not continuous, but comes in small but discrete units.
2. The elementary particles behave both like particles and like waves.
3. The movement of these particles is inherently random.
4. It is physically impossible to know both the position and the momentum of a particle at the same time. The more precisely one is known, the less precise the measurement of the other is.
5. The atomic world is nothing like the world we live in.
While at a glance this may seem like just another strange theory, it contains many clues as to the fundamental nature of the universe and is more important than even relativity in the grand scheme of things (if any one thing at that level could be said to be more important than anything else). Furthermore, it describes the nature of the universe as being much different than the world we see. As Niels Bohr said, "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it."
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