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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

temperatures, so that such temperatures are today
measured as so many "degrees Kelvin". He established
thermodynamics as a formal scientific discipline, and
formulated its first and second laws in precise
terminology.
He openly espoused his faith in God in his
works. He said:
Do not be afraid to be free thinkers. If you think
strongly enough, you will be forced by science
to the belief in God. 112
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With regard to the origin of life, science…
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In 1897, J. J. Thomson discovered the electron. He was a professor of
physics at Cambridge University. Thomson, who was a devoutly religious
man, made this statement in Nature, drawing attention to the fact that the
conclusions reached by science point to the existence of God:
In the distance tower still higher [scientific] peaks which will yield to
those who ascend them still wider prospects and deepen the feeling
whose truth is emphasized by every advance in science, that great are
the works of the Lord. 114
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Huggins was well known both as a scientist of faith and as a brilliant
astronomer. He was the first to demonstrate that stars were comprised
mostly of hydrogen, along with smaller amounts of the same elements
existing on Earth. He was also the first to identify the Doppler effect (that
the light of stars shift from red to blue as they move away from each
other) in astronomy, which led to the idea of the expanding universe.
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