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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

Max Planck (1858-1947)
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Reputed German physicist, Max Planck, discovered a physical constant
known by his name. A physics professor at the University of Berlin in the
1900s, Planck maintained that the form of radiation could be
likened to the image formed by a raindrop on a
windowpane, rather than water constantly flowing
in a river. Until Planck, scientists used to think that
light followed a wave motion. Planck, who
discovered that each light particle is an energy
pack, referred to each pack a "photon". The concept
of photon marked a turning point in the history of
physics. Light not only traveled through the air in
Max Planck the form of waves like sound, but also moved as
particles.
Responsible for these groundbreaking discoveries, Planck believed in
an "all-powerful intelligence which governs the universe." 126 Max Planck
said that the Creator of the order in the universe is God and elaborated on
his belief in God with these words:

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any
kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science
are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the
scientist cannot dispense with. 127

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Coulson, for many years a professor of mathematics at Oxford
University, often mentioned his faith in God, his wish to get closer to God,
his pleadings to God, and his belief that the purpose of his life was to get
closer to God. 128
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