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T H E Q U R ' A N L E A D S T H E W A Y T O S C I E N C E

Physicist Mehdi Golshani, of Sharif University of Technology in Tehran,
in an interview he gave to Newsweekoutlined his belief in God and that
,
scientific research complements religion:
Natural phenomena are God's signs in the universe and studying them
is almost a religious obligation. The Koran asks humans to "travel in the
earth, then see how He initiated the creation." Research is a worship
act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation. 152

Having completed his postgraduate work at the University of
Oklahoma, and having taught at the same university in the department of
physics, Prof. Fast maintains that it is completely impossible for atoms, the
building blocks of matter, to have come together spontaneously to form the
e n t i re universe and living things. He expressed his belief in creation in
these words:
R e g ressing far enough one must finally reach the conclusion that the
existence of "natural laws", which describe systematics in the universe,
is evidence of an Intelligence who chose to establish the operation of the
universe as we observe it... The Cause which created the particles
logically also determined the properties they were to have. 153

Townes, who discovered the principle behind the
l a s e r, conducts his studies at the University of
B e r k e l e y. Townes stated his belief in God in
this way:
As a religious person, I strongly sense
the presence and actions of a creative
being far beyond myself and yet
always personal and close by. 154

Charles H. Townes

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