Andrew McIntosh (professor)
| Andrew McIntosh Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory BSc, PhD, DSc, FIMA, CMath, FInstE, CEng, FInstP, MIGEM, FRAeS |
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| Residence | Leeds |
| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Fields | chemical engineering, combustion, thermoacoustics |
| Institutions | University of Leeds |
| Alma mater | University of Wales Cranfield Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Professor J.F. Clarke |
| Known for | Intelligent design, biomimetics |
Andrew McIntosh is Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory at the University of Leeds.[1] He is notable in an area that is unconnected with his work for that university, his promotion of ideas of creationism and intelligent design as put forward by the organisation Truth in Science of which he is a director.[2] McIntosh is a young earth creationist,[3] disagreeing with the scientific consensus on biological evolution
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[edit] Biography
McIntosh's research group at University of Leeds has developed a new technology known as µMist which is based on the gaseous "cannon" of the bombardier beetle. In December 2010, this work received the outstanding contribution to innovation and technology title at the Times Higher Education awards in London.[4]
In a debate with Richard Dawkins on BBC Radio Ulster, McIntosh stated his belief that the world was 6000 years old, that marine trilobites were made extinct by Noah's flood and that the Second Law of Thermodynamics[5] contradicts the Darwinian theory of evolution.[6]
McIntosh is on the board of directors of Truth in Science, an organisation which promotes the teaching of intelligent design in British schools. In November 2006, the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and noted that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.[2]
[edit] Books
- Genesis for Today: Showing the Relevance of the Creation/Evolution Debate to Today's Society (foreword by Ken Ham) (Day One Publications, 2000) ISBN 9781903087152
[edit] References
- ^ Professor Andy McIntosh, University of Leeds
- ^ a b Press statement: Professor Andrew McIntosh at the Wayback Machine (archived May 5, 2007), University of Leeds, 29 November 2006. "Professor Andrew McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science, and his promotion of that organisation's views, are unconnected to his teaching or research at the University of Leeds in his role as a professor of thermodynamics. As an academic institution, the University wishes to distance itself publicly from theories of creationism and so-called intelligent design which cannot be verified by evidence."
- ^ "Andrew McIntosh". Answers in Genesis. 2008. http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/a_mcintosh.asp. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ BBC News "Beetle defence inspires University of Leeds research", BBC News, 9 December 2010
- ^ William Crawley:The Thermodynamics of Andy McIntosh
- ^ "Sunday Sequence with William Crawley". Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. December 10, 2006. http://richarddawkins.net/audio/401-sunday-sequence-with-william-crawley. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
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