Views of Scientists on the Existence of God — Page 16
16 who won the Nobel prize in physics in 1979, visited India in 1981, the. Illustrated Weekly of India, (In its issue of February 1-7, 1981), described him as 'Nobel Laureate with profound faith in God. Referring to the verses of the Holy Quran just quoted, he says:. This in effect is the faith of all physicists, the faith which fires and sustains us, the deeper we seek, the more is our wonder excited' the more is the dazzlement for gaze. ' (Review of Religions Vol. 76, p. 139 June 1981). The Nobel Laureate professor S. Chandrashekhar, one of the topmost astrophysicists, has expressed his views on Nature as follows:. Nature has shown over and over again that the kinds of truths which underlie nature transcend the most powerful minds. . . . . . . I think that one could say that a certain modesty toward understanding nature is a precondition to the continued pursuit of science. . THROUGH SCIENCE TO THE ALMIGHTY (Span, February 1983). Dr. Albert McCombs Winchester, who is an expert in biology, has expressed his views as follows: . . . . . . . . . after many years of study and work in the fields of science, my faith in God, rather than being shaken, has become much stronger and acquired a firmer foundation than heretofore. Science brings about an insight into majesty and omnipotence of the Supreme. Being which grows stronger with each discovery. (Evidence p. 165). When the great scientist Galileo looked through the telescope and discovered multitudes of new stars in the Milky Way' the four moons of the planet Jupiter, the phases of the planet Venus, the details of the moon,and other celestial phenomena, he wrote as follows:. I am quite beside myself with wonder and infinitely grateful to God that it has pleased Him to permit me to discover such great marvels. (The Growth of physical Science by Sir James Jeans p. 173,. Cambridge 1951). Maulana Wahiduddin Khan of Islamic Centre, Delhi, has written a nice book entitled 'God Arises'. (Published by Maktaba Al Risala, C-29. Nizamuddin West, New Delhi, 1987) in which he has collected the evidence of science and the sayings of the scientists on the existence of. Almighty God. He has narrated an inspiring incident in this book, which I