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A. E. Wilder-Smith
Arthur Ernest Wilder-Smith (1915 - 1995), more commonly known as A. E. Wilder-Smith, was a Young Earth creationist and a chemist.
BiographyWilder-Smith is author and co-author of over 70 scientific publications and more than 30 books which have been translated into many different languages. Smith studied Natural Sciences at Oxford, England, received a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry at University of Reading, England in 1941, a Dr.es.Sc. in pharmacological sciences from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zürich, and a D.Sc. in pharmacological sciences from University of Geneva in 1964. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.http://www.wildersmith.org/curriculum.htm He and creationist physicist Edgar Andrews (President of the Biblical Creation Society) debated biologists Richard Dawkins and John Maynard Smith in the Oxford Union's Huxley Memorial Debate in 1986. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has made the audio of the debate available.[1] In 1965 he visited and promoted the false claims that dinosaur and human footprints existed at Paluxy River in Dinosaur Valley State Park. These supposed tracks were later discovered to have been forged by creationists who tried to claim humans and dinosaurs lived together.[2] According to the National Center for Science Education, Wilder-Smith's work The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution contains a variety of falsehoods and errors.[3] Kenneth Christiansen, Professor of Biology at Grinnell College, reviewed the book stating "the most fundamental flaw of the book is an apparent confusion or ignorance (it is hard to tell) concerning our present understanding of the evolutionary process."[4] He further noted that Wilder-Smith's work disregarded basic literature in the field discussed.[5] In 2005 William A. Dembski, of intelligent design fame, wrote that Wilder-Smith's "intuitive ideas about information has been the impetus for much of my research."[6] Bibliography
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