Facts in Judaism
10 Nobel Laureates Discuss Faith and God
The world's brightest mind reconcile their groundbreaking discoveries with deep belief
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- Max Planck (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1918)
"Both religion and science require belief in God… The greatest happiness - inner peace - can only be attained through a strong connection to God and unconditional faith in His omnipotence and benevolence." - Robert Millikan (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923)
"I wish to use the word 'God' to describe what lies behind the mystery of existence and gives it meaning. I have never known a thinking person who did not believe in God." - Charles Townes (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1964)
"I believe wholeheartedly in the existence of God, based on intuition, observation, reason - and also scientific knowledge." - Arthur Schawlow (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1981)
"Religion is based on faith. It seems to me that when faced with the wonders of life and the universe, one must ask 'why' and not just 'how.' The only possible answers are religious… I need God in the universe and in my life." - William D. Phillips (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997)
"I believe in God… who acts and communicates with His creation. I believe that observations of the physical universe and the extraordinary fine-tuning of its parameters for the development of life suggest that an intelligent Creator is responsible for the world… I believe in God through personal faith - a faith that aligns with what I know about science." - Sir William Henry Bragg (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1915)
"What should be the principles of a nation?… 'And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart' and also 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" - Arno Penzias (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1978)
"The best data we have (about the Big Bang theory) is exactly what I would have predicted had I nothing to go on but the Five Books of Moses, the Psalms, and the entire Bible." - Guglielmo Marconi (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1909)
"The more I work with the forces of nature, the more I feel God’s goodness toward mankind, and I draw closer to the great truth that everything depends on the Eternal Creator and Sovereign." - Joseph Murray (Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1990)
"We are working with the tools that God has given us… There is no reason why science and religion should operate in a contradictory relationship. Both come from the same source—the one true source of truth: the Creator." - Ernst Chain (Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1945)
"I would rather believe in fairies than in the wild speculations of evolution… I’ve said for years that speculations on the origin of life serve no practical purpose, because even the simplest living system is too complex to be understood in terms of the primitive chemistry we currently possess. The idea of explaining the world without God through such naïve thinking is untenable."
