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Sixty Years Of Byu Studies Quarterly, 1959–2019 The Narrative And The Numbers, Brad Wilcox, Timothy G. Morrison, Kyle C. Lyons, Jake M. Robins

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Publishing for scholarly audiences has a long history. Some propose that the first learned society on record was founded in Toulouse, France, in 1323. The Royal Society of London was established in 1660 and published Europe’s first scholarly journal five years later. In 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science published the journal Science, and since that time, the number of academic journals has proliferated. According to Philip G. Altbach and Hans de Wit, over thirty thousand academic journals are in circulation today; Ben Mudrak mentions the appearance of many free open-access journals on the internet since 2006. …

Using Science To Answer Questions From Latter-Day Saint History, Ugo A. Perego

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DNA testing has been employed to study the ancestry and posterity of Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Mormon movement. Thanks to information found on the paternally inherited Y chromosome, for example, researchers have been able to establish a likely Irish origin for the Smith line. Y chromosome testing has also been helpful in resolving a number of paternity cases involving men who were allegedly sons of Joseph through polygamous unions. To date, all of the tests for these candidates have borne negative results.

The Believing Scientist: Essays On Science And Religion, Hyrum Lewis

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Stephen M. Barr. The Believing Scientist: Essays on Science and Religion.

Grand Rapids, Mich: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2016.

Science As Storytelling, David A. Grandy, Barry R. Bickmore

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Much if our modern world revolves around something called "science." But what is science? Interestingly, this turns out to be a very difficult question to answer because every definition seems to include something we don't consider science or seems to exclude something we do consider science. In this essay, the authors present their own definition: Science is the modern art of creating stories that explain observations of the natural world and that could be useful for predicting, and possibly even controlling, nature. They then refine this definition by offering seven rules that scientific storytelling must follow to distinguish it …

Mormon Scientist: The Life And Faith Of Henry Eyring, Ned C. Hill, Henry B. Eyring

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Henry Eyring (1901-1981) is undoubtedly the most celebrated scientist produced within the Mormon faith to date. He published over six hundred scientific papers and about a dozen books, and he received almost every prize science has to offer. His theories form the core of modern chemistry. One of his colleagues said, "The contributions of Dr. Henry Eyring touch practically every field of chemical science and technology in a very fundamental manner." Not only was he a brilliant scientist, he was also a man with deep faith in God and in the restoration of the gospel in modern times. This biography …

Can Science Be Faith-Promoting? Sterling B. Talmage, Noel L. Owen

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Sterling B. Talmage. Can Science Be Faith-Promoting? Ed. Stan Larson. Salt Lake City: Blue Ribbon Books, 2001. lxiv; 253 pp. Bibliography, index. $18.95.

Of Heaven And Earth: Reconciling Scientific Thought With Lds Theology David L. Clark, Noel L. Owen

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David L. Clark, ed. Of Heaven and Earth: Reconciling Scientific Thought with LDS Theology. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998. 234 pp. Introduction, notes, index. $18.95.

Science, Religion And Mormon Cosmology By Erich Robert Paul, Richard F. Haglund Jr.

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“And God Said, Let There Be Lights In The Firmament Of Heaven”, R. Grant Athay

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Astrophysicist R. Grant Athay views the sun and stars as the most valuable laboratories for studying the basic physical processes of the universe. He describes the sun's physical properties, including its chemical makeup, core, corona, energy output, and life span. He interprets scriptural creation accounts from Genesis and the book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price.

Science And Theology: A Search For The Uncommon Denominator, A. Lester Allen

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The Faith Of A Scientist Henry Eyring, John H. Gardner

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Polymorphism And High Pressure, H. Tracy Hall

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Polymorphs are crystalline substances composed of the same element but with different atomic configurations and thus very different physical properties. Dr. H. Tracy Hall, the first scientist to successfully produce diamonds from graphite, explains how pressure and heat can be applied, either individually or combined, to a substance to produce a new polymorphous substance. This process has resulted in the commercial diamond business and may in the future yield other profitable and beneficial industries and products.

The Impact Of Applied Science Upon The Utopian Ideal, Arthur H. Frietzsche

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The author examines the changing attitudes toward applied science by looking at three Utopian works: Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516), Sir Francis Bacon's New Atlantis (1626), and Jonathan Swift's Voyage to Laputa (1727). While More focuses on improving man, Bacon focuses on improving things. Swift shows the problem inherent in Bacon's emphasis on applied science by creating a satire in which science in every instance is misapplied. The changing attitude toward applied science in these early works is still evident in Utopian works today.