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History and Philosophy of Science Final

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Who was the geologist/seminary professor who was a staunch defender of Darwinism early in his life, but later rejected it?   George Wright  
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The greatest all-time physicist who laid a trans-Atlantic cable.   Lord Kelvin  
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Who believed that God created the earth as a molten ball of iron and then calculated how long it would take for it to cool down?   Lord Kelvin  
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The laws of thermodynamics is attributed to...?   Lord Kelvin  
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What scientist was known for his extemporaneous prayer?   James Maxwell  
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To whom to we owe our whole conception of reality?   James Maxwell  
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Founder of oceanography.   Matthew Maury  
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Who is the father of modern chemistry?   Robert Boyle  
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Who founded the Royal Society and the Scientific Method?   Robert Boyle  
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William Bryan was known as what?   The Great Commoner  
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Who was the Grand Old Man of Fundamentalism?   William Riley  
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The Fundamentals was written by...?   R.A. Torrey  
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What was written in response to modernism and liberal theology?   The Fundamentals  
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Which scientist calculated the date of Creation?   Johann Kepler  
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Jansenism   Pascal  
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Which scientist showed signs of a conversion: Pascal or Newton?   Pascal  
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Arianism   Newton  
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Denied the Diety of Christ and clung to a more primitive form of Christianity.   Newton  
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Who promoted science education is public schools?   Michael Faraday  
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Who believed in the Divine unity of Nature?   Michael Faraday  
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Name the three giants of the 19th century.   Faraday Maxwell Einstein  
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The three greatest scientists of all time were...   Newton Einstein Maxwell  
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Harry Rimmer is known for what?   Creation Science  
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Who is said to have been the "most innovative and influential defender of the special creation in the 1920s"?   George Price  
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