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These statements have been made by prominent scientists over the years.
Max Planck (1858-1947), the father of Quantum Physics, Nobel Prize 1918:
"As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter." (Planck's speech "The Nature of Matter" at Florence, Italy, 1944)
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), the author of the Theory of Relativity:
"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details."
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
--- cited from the website Albert Einstein Quotes
Allan Sandage (1926-2010), the astronomer who discovered the quasars, National Medal of Science 1970:
"The world is too complicated in all its parts and interconnections to be due to chance alone. I am convinced that the existence of life with all its order in each of its organisms is simply too well put together. Each part of a living thing depends on all its other parts to function. How does each part know? How is each part specified at conception?" (Sandage, Allan, "A Scientist reflects on religious belief", Truth, vol. 1, 1985, page 54)
"I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos There has to be some organizing principle. God to me is a mystery but is the explanation for the miracle of existence - why there is something rather than nothing." (New York Times, 12 March, 1991, p. B9)
Owen Gingerich (1930-2023), Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University:
“It would take only small changes in numerous physical constants to render the universe uninhabitable. Somehow, in the words of Freeman Dyson, this is a universe that knew we were coming.” (Gingerich, Owen, "God's Universe", 2006)
George Smoot (1945-present), astrophysicist, cosmologist, Nobel laureate:
“The big bang, the most cataclysmic event we can imagine, on closer inspection appears finely orchestrated.” (Wrinkles in Time: The Imprint of Creation)
Today, scientists generally admit that, since the Big Bang, the Universe has been regulated by around twenty constants without which it could not exist nor be maintained. These constants are:
the 4 fundamental forces: Gravitation (G), electromagnetic force (α), weak and strong interactions
the constants of Physics: speed of Light (c), speed of expansion of the Universe at the time of the Big Bang, charge of the electron and of the proton, masses of the electron, proton and neutron
fundamental constants in Physics: Planck (h), Boltzmann (k), cosmological constant (Λ), etc.
What is so special about these constants? We can measure their effect, but no theory explains them. They are just there for us. But, if only one constant would change by any decimal place, the Universe would simply disappear! These constants are like the DNA of the Universe. Their discovery led physicists to talk about the ‘fine-tuning’ of our Universe.
For more information and Science and God, I can recommend the book (currently in French): Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies, “Dieu, la Science, les Preuves", Trédaniel, 2021
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Albert Benhamou
Private Tour Guide in Israel
Adar 5785 - March 2025
