Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788 — 1827)was a Catholic scientist in France in the early 1800’s. He made incredible contributions to the understanding of light, being one of the earliest and best champions of the idea that light is a waveform. He entered the French school for engineers around 1804 and then served in the engineering corps [...]
My fundamental belief in looking at the physical world is this. The world is more fascinating and full of wonder, than any one person will ever be able to understand. I know some people see science and religion as being at odds with each other. This is something I cannot really comprehend on an emotional [...]
The Society of Catholic Scientists has a “set of curated biographies” of Catholic scientists on their website. https://catholicscientists.org/ I don’t know the basis for their choices. Their list isn’t exhaustive, of course. They have about 300 people on it. When I was working on a list twenty years ago I had 180 names that I [...]
Saint Albert the Great whose Feast Day is tomorrow, November 15, studied the natural world and wrote extensively about his findings. He said, "In studying nature we have not to inquire how God the Creator may, as He freely wills, use His creatures to work miracles and thereby show forth His power: we have rather [...]
Louvre, Virgin of the Rocks 1483-1486 Leonardo da Vinci Louvre, Paris Wikipedia/public domain London Virgin of the Rocks 1495-1508 Leonardo da Vinci National Gallery London Wikipedia/public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_the_Rocks A friend of mine and I were discussing the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, possibly because the Catholic Church just celebrated the [...]
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