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Scientists of Faith

Joule, as the discoverer of these important scientific laws, was a
scientist who believed that he could come closer to God as he came to
know the laws of nature. His belief urged him to proceed with further
investigations. He was one of the 717 scientists who signed a manifesto
against Darwin in 1864. He expressed his beliefs about science in these
terms:
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim
must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and
goodness as evidenced by his handiwork. It is evident that an
acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an
acquaintanceship with the mind of God therein expressed. 106

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George Stokes was a great British physicist and mathematician, who
made major contributions in a number of fields. He expanded the
knowledge of gravitational discrepancies, astrophysics, chemistry, sonic
problems, and heat. He showed that unlike glass, quartz is transparent to
ultraviolet radiation. With Lord Kelvin, he was one of the first to
appreciate the electro-thermodynamic explorations of James Joule. Stokes
showed that X-rays were also part of Maxwell's electromagnetic
spectrum. For a time, Stokes was president of the Victoria Institute of
London, and an active member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
He was a scientist who investigated nature with a belief in the Creator,
and he wrote specifically emphasizing his belief in God. In one of his
works, he said that "the laws of nature are carried out in accordance with
his will, he who willed them may will their suspension" 107
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Virchow's main scientific contributions were in the field of medicine.
He is considered the father of modern pathology and of the study of
cellular diseases. He was the first to describe leukemia, and was active in
anthropological and archeological research. Virchow was one of the most
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