The idea that you have to pick between science and God is new. Many of the people who built modern science did their work because they believed in a Creator who made an orderly universe.
1571–1630
Johannes Kepler
Astronomy
Cracked the laws of planetary motion and saw his work as a Christian duty to understand the works of God.
Source: MacTutor, St Andrews →1623–1662
Blaise Pascal
Math & physics
Laid the foundation of probability theory, then wrote the Pensées, one of the great defenses of the Christian faith.
Source: Britannica →1627–1691
Robert Boyle
Chemistry
The “father of chemistry” and a devout Anglican who saw studying nature as studying God’s handiwork.
Source: Britannica →1643–1727
Isaac Newton
Physics
Gravity, calculus, optics. He put as much effort into theology and Bible study as into math and physics.
Source: Stanford Encyclopedia →1791–1867
Michael Faraday
Electromagnetism
Discovered electromagnetic induction. His Christian faith was the single biggest influence on how he read nature.
Source: Britannica →1822–1884
Gregor Mendel
Genetics
The father of genetics ran his famous pea experiments as an Augustinian friar and later became abbot.
Source: Britannica →1822–1895
Louis Pasteur
Microbiology
Germ theory, vaccines, pasteurization. His son-in-law wrote that absolute faith in God and eternity pervaded his whole life.
Source: Wikipedia →1831–1879
James Clerk Maxwell
Physics
Unified electricity, magnetism and light. A church elder who knew the Bible “well nigh by heart.”
Source: Clerk Maxwell Foundation →1864–1943
George Washington Carver
Agricultural science
Born into slavery, he transformed Southern farming. In his own words: “I trusted to God and pressed on.”
Source: National Park Service →1894–1966
Georges Lemaître
Cosmology
The Catholic priest who first proposed the expanding universe theory that became the Big Bang.
Source: Britannica →b. 1950
Francis Collins
Genetics
Led the Human Genome Project and wrote The Language of God. A practicing Christian.
Source: Britannica →b. 1943
John Lennox
Mathematics
Oxford mathematician who has debated Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens on God and science.
Source: JohnLennox.org →
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