The Bible’s Perspective on Science and Engineering
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The Bible’s Perspective on Science and Engineering
Powerpoint slides can be found at www.acgr.org
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Questions
• What is science?• What is engineering?• What is design?• What is innovation?• What are the differences between the
above?
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Confusing DefinitionsHigh School Physics Teacher:“Engineers are those who make things based on the discoveries given to them by sicentists”
Dictionary: engineering=science of useful processes, phenomena, and devices (so is physics unconcerned with useful things???)
Applied Physics=when physics addresses useful things
“Engineering is an art” (art is not always about useful things)
Science: knowledge (scientia in Latin)
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Inventor
Engineer Scientist
Rocket Scientist
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“Science seeks to understand what is; Engineering seeks to create what never was.”
—Theodore von Kármán
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Scientist• Deals with existing things
and phenomena• Seeks understanding • Frames hypotheses• Tests hypotheses• Presents results• Writes reports• Publishes papers• Ignores invention?
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Engineering• Seeks to design, create, and manage new
things • Closely linked to invention (technology)• Has an element of art to it, but is not
art for art’s sake• Has an element of science to it, but
is not simply applied science• An invention or design might be
considered a hypothesis to be tested by making or building the thing
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Engineering is not science, nor is it simply applied science.• Steam engine preceded thermodynamics• Powered flight preceded a full theory of
flight• Rockets preceded rocket science• Computers preceded computer science• Moon landing preceded a complete
knowledge of the lunar surface• Selective breeding preceded genetics
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Scientific Method is consistent with von Karman definition
Scientific Method1. Make Observation2. Make a guess about the observation (develop a
working hypothesis3. Conduct experiments to falsify your guess (theory
level)a. If falsified, start over with a new hypothesisb. If not falsified, keep testing
4. Conduct more experiments to validate theory to become a law
Science is related to what exists!!!
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Euclid’s Elements: Oldest Technical Book
• Geometry (science of figures)• Mechanics (science of contrivances made
with geometric figures)• These two foundations set the stage for
modern engineering and science
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Rankine (with Carnot started the science of Thermodynamics)
“..the improvers of the mechanical arts were neglected by biographers and historians, from a mistaken prejudice against practice, as being inferior in dignity to contemplation…”
In other words science is contemplation and improvers of mechanical arts are engineers and historians/biographers rated science as more dignified than engineering
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Now again…..
Is design, engineering or science?
Is invention, engineering or science?
What is Intelligent Design, engineering or science?
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• Problem: Make solar energy economical• Question: Is this a scientific problem?
– Basic scientific principles understood– Engineering, economic, environmental,
and other obstacles remain
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What happens when the sun goes down?
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• Engineer the tools of scientific discovery
Large Hadron Collider
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Technology Leads Science
Galileo’s Telescope Hubble Space Telescope
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Einstein at Swiss Patent Office, 1905
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“The formulation of patent statements was a blessing. It
gave me the opportunity to think about physics.”
—Einstein on “the influence of his experience as a patent examiner on his intellectual development”
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Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis (1905)
• Light quanta• Brownian motion• Special relativity• Equivalence of matter and energy
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Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd, scientists and inventors
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1920s General Electric Monitor Top Refrigerator
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Problems with 1920s Refrigerators
• Refrigerants were poisonous– Methyl chloride, ammonia, sulfur dioxide
• Mechanical pumps were liable to develop leaks
– Reported death of entire family due to leak• Refrigerator motors were noisy
– Ice boxes had been essentially silent
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There had to be a better way
• Eliminate mechanical pump (and motor)– No leaks– No noise– No need for electric power
• Employ principles of thermodynamics– Partial pressure– Latent heat
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Einstein on Ernst Mach
“Mach’s weakness, as I see it, lies in the fact that he believed more or less strongly that
science consists merely of putting experimental results in order; that is, he did
not recognize the free constructive element in the creation of a concept. He thought that somehow theories arise by means of discovery and not by
means of invention.”1948
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The Creator’s Dominion Mandate• Gen 1:28 and God blessed them and God
said unto them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, and over every living think that moves upon the earth.”
• subdue: kabash (Hebrew) military term to conquer or to subjugate
• dominion: radah (Hebrew) military term to rule over
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The Biblical Dominion Mandate: Mankind’s Stewardship
• To conquer (subdue) and to rule (dominion)• Research and Development• Science and Engineering • Psalm 8:6-8 you made him to have
dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yes, the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas
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Science: A Biblical PerspectiveDeut 29:29 The secret things belong to the Lord
our God; but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever.
secretthings
God’s revelation to mankind to date
God’s revelation to mankind that we have not received yet
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1) Choose God’s perspective, not your own2) Pro-actively seek with persistence God’s
wisdom3) Fear God4) Receive knowledge5) Create and innovate with new inventions
How does one “conquer” and “rule” in science and engineering?
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How does one “conquer” and “rule” in science and
engineering?
Fear of God knowledgeProverbs 1:7
Choose God’s perspective, not yours wisdom
understanding
Proverbs 9:10
Proverbs 2:1-6
Innovation &invention
Is 55:9
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• Isaiah 55:9 for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts
Conquering and Ruling in Science and Engineering
1. Choose God’s perspective, not yours
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Conquering and Ruling in Science and Engineering
1. Choose God’s perspective, not yours
2. Pro-actively seek God’s wisdom and understanding
Proverbs 2:1-2 my son, if you will receive my words and hide my commands with you so that you incline your ear unto wisdom and apply your heart to understanding
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Conquering and Ruling in Science and Engineering
2. Pro-actively seek God’s wisdom and understanding
Proverbs 2:3-6 if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding; if you seek her as silver and search for her as hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find knowledge
3. Understand fear of God
4. Gain knowledge
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Fear of God is the Basis
• Prov 9:10 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
• Prov 1:7 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
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5. Revelation for Innovation
• Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence and find out knowledge of witty inventions
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Creator Reveals His Character
Romans 1:20 for ever since the creation of the world, His invisible nature and attributes, that is his eternal power and divinity have been clearly made intelligible and clearly discernible in the things that have been made.
Engineering and Science have a goal: to study the creation in order to understand the Creator