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The Biography Portal
The Biography portal is the CreationWiki center for the "Who's Who" in the debate over creation vs. evolution. Relevant biographies would include those actively involved in creationism or evolutionism missions, but also scientists of all sorts, Bible characters, Christian apologists, intelligent design theorists, etc.
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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 — April 18, 1955) was a German-born physicist who is best known for his theories of General and Special Relativity. He shaped modern science through his various theories, observations, and discoveries, and is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the field of physics, specifically his study on the photoelectric effect. He discovered the energy constant (E=mc2) and provided an explanation for the space-time continuum.
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John Ambrose Fleming is best known for his discoveries related to electricity and telecommunication. He graduated from a university in London. This is where he started researching the idea of the "Edison Effect." The "Edison Effect" is an electric current flow between a heated cathode in a seperate tube. The "Edison Effect" helped Fleming realize how to fix weak radio signals. After college, he started to work at the Marconi Company. This is where he invented and patented his electronic amplifier.
Fleming invented an important electronic device called the oscillation valve which some believed marked the beginning of electronics. Another inventor later took the oscillation valve idea and ended up creating what we now call an amplifier. But this isn't a stereo amplifier that makes music sound loud, it is a type of amplifier that generates strength to radio waves. The oscillation valve was the first transmitter to reach across the Atlantic. It was John Ambrose's idea to help the world communicate across the ocean. The oscillation valve looked like a lightbulb with a black coil attached to it. The coil was then attached to a metal cylinder in the center of the bulb. What this contraption did was conduct electricity to a plate of metal which could receive radio wave lengths.
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"A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe." Astronomer Fred Hoyle. The Intelligent Universe (p.19).
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- Men of Science, Men of God by Henry M. Morris.
- Champions of Invention by John Hudson Tiner
- Champions of Math by John Hudson Tiner
- Champions of Science by John Hudson Tiner
- For Those Who Dare by John Hudson Tiner
Did you know...
- Pensacola evangelist convicted of tax fraud Jurors convicted Kent Hovind on 58 counts of tax fraud. He is accused of failing to pay $845,000 in employee taxes and faces a maximum of 288 years in prison. He was taken into custody after the jury read its verdict. Sentencing will take place January ninth.
- Dr. Henry Morris is home with the Lord He suffered a series of debilitating small strokes, and passed on Saturday evening (February 25). February 25, 2006.
- 500 doctoral scientists skeptical of Darwin Growing list of signatories challenges claims about support for theory. WorldNetDaily February 21, 2006