/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.1521869]

ITT we recognise the great religious folk, present and past that contributed greatly to science.

I'll start

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins_%28geneticist%29

>American physician-geneticist, noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes
>leader of the Human Genome Project (HGP)
>described by the Endocrine Society as "one of the most accomplished scientists of our time"
>He currently serves as Director of the National Institutes of Health
>B.S. in Chemistry in 1970
>Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Yale University in 1974
>enrolled in medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning there an M.D. in 1977.
>Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics

>by graduate school he considered himself an atheist. However, dealing with dying patients led him to question his religious views
>re-examined his religious views. He eventually came to a conclusion, and finally became an evangelical Christian during a hike on a fall afternoon.

[Anonymous No.1521874]

Georges Lemaître

>Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer at the Catholic University of Louvain

thought up the big bang theory

[Anonymous No.1521878]

Galileo Galilei

>an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy," the "father of modern physics," the "father of science," and "the Father of Modern Science." Stephen Hawking says, "Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science."

"Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe"
- Galileo Galilei

[Anonymous No.1521879]

Mendel was a priest.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't need introductions.

[Anonymous No.1521883]

>implying they don't used the scientific method, a REASON method based , not in faith

[Anonymous No.1521892]

Isaac Newton

>English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is considered by many scholars and members of the general public to be one of the most influential people in human history

>thought up the theory of gravity as well as too many discoveries to ligt here regarding how light works and prisms/telescopes/mechanics etc.

>Newton saw God as the masterful creator whose existence could not be denied in the face of the grandeur of all creation

[Anonymous No.1521905]

>>1521883
Nobody is implying that other than you.

[Anonymous No.1521908]

"In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. "
- Sir Isaac Newton

>>1521883
>implying that was implied

of course they all used the scientific method, but they did so with God in their hearts. a long shot from the know-it-all kids on these imageboards that equate a belief in God with stupidity.

you can have faith in your life, and still apply scientific reason to your research. these men are proof of that and they are a damn sight more clever than anyone on 4chan.

[Anonymous No.1521926]

>>1521908

they still deluded

[Anonymous No.1521936]

sup OP,

Nicholas Copernicus
>Polish astronomer who put forward the first mathematically based system of planets going around the sun
Sir Francis Bacon
>Bacon was a philosopher who is known for establishing the scientific method of inquiry based on experimentation and inductive reasoning
Johannes Kepler
>mathematician and astronomer. He did early work on light, and established the laws of planetary motion about the sun
Galileo Galilei
(see other post ITT)
Rene Descartes
>French mathematician, scientist and philosopher who has been called the father of modern philosophy
Isaac Newton
(see other post ITT)
Robert Boyle
>One of the founders and key early members of the Royal Society, Boyle gave his name to "Boyle's Law" for gases, and also wrote an important work on chemistry
Michael Faraday
>one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His work on electricity and magnetism not only revolutionized physics, but led to much of our lifestyles today
Gregor Mendel
>Mendel was the first to lay the mathematical foundations of genetics, in what came to be called "Mendelianism"
William Thomson Kelvin
>helped to lay the foundations of modern physics
Max Planck
>best known for quantum theory, which revolutionized our understanding of the atomic and sub-atomic worlds

Albert Einstein (inb4 asspain, he didn't believe in a personal God but he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. he once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details.")

[Anonymous No.1521942]

>>1521908
>You can apply the scientific method to some parts of your life, while leaving it out of other parts.
Yeah, that's still stupidity. They're good in their fields, just like an autistic kid can recite pi to 120 places, but the fact that they apply the scientific method to their work and not their religious beliefs shows their stupidity.

[Anonymous No.1521955]

>>1521926
HAHAHAHHAAHA oh wow.

>some of the cleverest people the world has ever seen
>being called deluded by a fucking punkass chantard in 2010 sitting at his computer that is able to function partially due to the findings of michael faraday who was "a devoutly Christian member of the Sandemanians, which significantly influenced him and strongly affected the way in which he approached and interpreted nature"

also, nice angry sage fag. you will never be remembered like these guys. enjoy your stupidity

[Anonymous No.1521958]

reported.

[Anonymous No.1521964]

even dawkins doesn't bash successful religious scientists

just pointing that out to the fanboys, don't mind me

[Anonymous No.1521972]

>>1521942
>>1521926
>shows their stupidity.

i thought you guys were clever. but you are just as neckbearded and bitter towards things that don't fit into your narrow minded world view as all the other assholes on this site.

>calling some of the greatest scientists ever stupid on a board dedicated to science.

you are in no position to call any of these guys stupid you little fag. you think you know more about how the way the world works than they do? you think that you have a greater understanding of things and some sort of enlightenment that these guys, histories greatest scientists don't have?

nigga please.

[Anonymous No.1521977]

TROLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Anonymous No.1521981]

>>1521958
reported for what?

science? on a board dedicated to science?

good luck with that.

goddamn, the atheist asspain ITT is reaching critical mass.

[Anonymous No.1521984]

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pendry

>Sir John Brian Pendry, FRS FInstP (born 4 July 1943[1][2]) is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into refractive indexes and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak".

[Anonymous No.1521989]

>>1521981

what are you talking about? it's one kid who doesn't like that good scientists can have strange delusions

personally, I'm okay with that, they did good science

[Anonymous No.1521994]

>>1521977
>get told the truth
>doesnt sync up with what you believe
>"all religious people are stupid"
>cry troll and sage the thread becuase you don't like it
>this thread is the most science related on the front page

[Anonymous No.1521997]

So what are you trying to say, OP? That faith is intrinsically related to intelligence or success in a scientific field? Because if that's your angle, you're really, really dumb, I'm sorry.

[Anonymous No.1522003]

>>1521989
>casually calling beliefs that aren't his own 'strange delusions'

cool story, it's a shame that all the science in the world can't teach you to be a nice tolerent person.

[Anonymous No.1522013]

>>1521981
The rules clearly state that atheist vs. christian threads are prohibited. I don't give a shit that you're a christian or a muslim or worship fucking Zeus. I don't give a shit about whether or not historical scientists were religious.

I do, however, give a shit about the fact that you faggots are ruining a perfectly good board by flooding it with bullshit bickering about a subject with no resolution. If it makes you feel any better, I report threads about atheism too.

Now get the fuck out

[Anonymous No.1522011]

>>1521981
>ITT we recognise the great religious folk
>science

[Anonymous No.1522012]

>>1522003

I'm perfectly tolerant, just not really into the acceptance of strange delusions

it's nice to see you don't tolerate my difference of opinion from you to the degree that you must try to make a mockery of it though

[Anonymous No.1522028]

>>1521997
OP here, i think there is some samefagging going on ITT, not that i am complaining lol.

all I am trying to show people is that you can be religious and clever at the same time. and you shouldn't make sweeping generalizations and say that all religious people are stupid. that's no differnet from saying all black people are stupid whilst ignoring the fact that we have black judges and professors. on a board dedicated to a feild of intelligence and academia, you would have thought that the posters would be clever enough to figure out that you can believe in God and still be an intelligent person.

[Anonymous No.1522035]

>>1522028

it's really just one person who can't, and made like 2-3 posts, and then some other guy who took that as a sign that persecution from masses of atheists was occurring and went on a crusade

don't worry, it's not widespread in this thread

pretty much everyone gets it, mission was a success

[Anonymous No.1522037]

>>1522012
>surgesting that people should be tolerent of intolerence

[Anonymous No.1522042]

not all religious are retarded, but is true statistically that most of them are sillier

[Anonymous No.1522049]

>>1522028
Nobody worth anything has ever made that claim.

[Anonymous No.1522050]

>>1522037

to not be so would be intolerant

your basic assumption that tolerance must be across the board is inane and ridiculous

[Anonymous No.1522058]

>>1521981
>implying the op didn't make the thread just to start a theism vs atheism shitstorm

[Anonymous No.1522059]

>>1521942
if it's only 120 places they aren't a vos savant. I know at least 100 places and I'm perfectly normal.

[Anonymous No.1522060]

>>1522050
Intolerance of intolerance isn't intolerance, it's progress.

[Anonymous No.1522066]

>>1522050
Not true at all.

Why else do we not tolerate racism and sexism?

Why else do people cry "Nazi" whenever one air's one's personal opinions?

Why else can one get sued for calling a female employee a nice piece of ass?

[Anonymous No.1522068]

related.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on "Intelligent Design"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YotBtibsuh0

Tyson asserts that the religiosity of some of history's greatest scientists and their willingness to invoke the philosophy of intelligent design limited the scope of their inquiry into the natural world, to the detriment of scientific progress in general.

[Anonymous No.1522072]

>>1522059
>I know 100 decimal places

I lol'd.

[Anonymous No.1522077]

>>1522068
you're taking his words out of context.

[Anonymous No.1522083]

>>1522042
you should still take everyone at individual metrit instead of grouping them all together, make judgements based on what is around you, not based on a table or graph you saw or what you hear on the news. otherwise you end up thinking that all blacks are criminals, all religious people are stupid, all liberals are whiney pussies, all mexicans are in gangs, all conservatives are racist, all gun owners are psychos, all atheists are narcassistic internet warriors etc. and its just not true. go out into the world and make your own opinions.

[Anonymous No.1522085]

>>1522058
Again,

>implying he did

Grow up and accept that not every thread with religion and science has to turn in to trolls Vs. High school students kthxbai.

[Anonymous No.1522086]

>>1522072
Memorizing decimals of Pi is seriously the second most useless thing you can do with your time, right after farting on mice.

[Anonymous No.1522090]

>>1522086
math classes were not fun at my school.

[Anonymous No.1522094]

>>1522066

it's probably not your fault, but I honestly have no clue what you just said

I was honest, I feel theistic beliefs are delusional (which are religious beliefs, theism = religion)

and regardless of those beliefs they're good scientists

someone got butthurt and whined about my beliefs

[Anonymous No.1522104]

>>1522086
I don't know, I'm sure you could find some scientific justification for farting on a mouse if you tried hard enough.

[Anonymous No.1522109]

>>1522094
you could have just said you didn't agree with them and left it at that. but calling theist beliefs "delusional" is taking a clear stab.

[Anonymous No.1522132]

Lasers were invented by a christian

[Anonymous No.1522139]

>>1522132
Yup, Charles Hard Townes.

[Anonymous No.1522166]

>>1522109

I don't get it