Nobel Prize Winner Richard Smalley:
Happened to hear someone comment on him this afternoon. Smalley was at one time an atheist who mocked the idea of God in his classes at Rice University .... iow much like William Provine, Steve Weinberg, PZ Myers and a whole host of such characters. A fellow scientist arranged for Hugh Ross to speak at Rice and meet with Smalley for a few hours. Ross gave him some of his books and talked to him with Smalley furiously taking notes intending to analyze and bash Ross's work. Surprise. He was convinced. Opening his mind to God's work in the universe caused him to develop an open heart as well and he was baptized in Houston's Second Baptist Church.
Now was he a scientist?
>>>Richard Errett Smalley (June 6, 1943 – October 28, 2005) was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene ("buckyballs").
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In 1999 Smalley was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which later became chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
In his later years, Smalley was very outspoken about the need for cheap, clean energy, which he described as the number one problem facing humanity in the 21st century. He felt that improved science education was key, and went to great lengths to encourage young students to consider careers in science. His slogan for this effort was "Be a scientist, save the world."
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Skeptical of religion in general for most of his life, Smalley became a Christian shortly before his death. (See the Wikiquote for his personal statement in May 2005.)
In some of his later presentations, he presented a list entitled "Top Ten Problems of Humanity for Next 50 Years".[2] His list in order of priority is:
1.Energy
2.Water
3.Food
4.Environment
5.Poverty
6.Terrorism & war
7.Disease
8.Education
9.Democracy
10.Population
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Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1961–1963
B.S., Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965
M.A., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971
Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1973
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>>>>Recently I have gone back to church regularly with a new focus to understand as best I can what it is that makes Christianity so vital and powerful in the lives of billions of people today, even though almost 2000 years have passed since the death and resurrection of Christ. Although I suspect I will never fully understand, I now think the answer is very simple: it's true. God did create the universe about 13.7 billion years ago, and of necessity has involved Himself with His creation ever since. The purpose of this universe is something that only God knows for sure, but it is increasingly clear to modern science that the universe was exquisitely fine-tuned to enable human life. We are somehow critically involved in His purpose. Our job is to sense that purpose as best we can, love one another, and help Him get that job done.<<<<<
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>>>> The books 'Origins of Life' and 'Who Was Adam?' are authored by Dr. Hugh Ross (astrophysicist) and Dr. Fazale Rana (biochemist). Richard Smalley had this to say about these books:
"Evolution has just been dealt its death blow. After reading 'Origins of Life', with my background in chemistry and physics, it is clear evolution could not have occurred. The new book, 'Who Was Adam?', is the silver bullet that puts the evolutionary model to death." (Smalley 2005a).
3. In his address at the Tuskegee University's 79th Annual Scholarship Convocation (October 3, 2004) Smalley mentioned the ideas of evolution versus creationism, Darwin versus the Bible's 'Genesis'; then he pointed out:
"The burden of proof is on those who don't believe that 'Genesis' was right, and there was a creation, and that Creator is still involved." (Smalley 2004).
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