home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uvaarpa!murdoch!kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU!crb7q
- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: Number of "religious scientists"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.015057.28603@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <1992Nov24.181159.12794@aoa.aoa.utc.com> <1350@kepler1.rentec.com> <1gttdfINNhk0@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:50:57 GMT
- Lines: 24
-
- In article <1gttdfINNhk0@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> ST202194@brownvm.brown.edu () writes:
- >Hello, I was just reading sci.physics while doing research for a paper on
- >cosmic strings and I came across the following statement which might be of
- >interest to people posting about science and religion.. .
- ...
- "
- >physicists are really saying, I believe, is that the laws of physics equate to
- >God." - G. Burbridge, in paper called Modern Cosmology: the Harmonious and the
- >Discordant Facts.
-
- I hope this was made in a poetical rather than a serious vein.
-
- Otherwise, I suspect that large numbers of physicists would
- disagree with Mr. Burbridge, God apparently being unnecessary
- within physics in particular and science in general.
-
- dale bass
-
-
- --
- C. R. Bass crb7q@virginia.edu
- Department of Mechanical,
- Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- University of Virginia (804) 924-7926
-