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Revision as of 14:54, 24 August 2006
Prof. Dr. Werner Gitt (born 22 February 1937 in Raineck/East Prussia) is a German Information Scientist and young earth creationist.
Education
Werner Gitt received his Diploma Ingenieur in 1968 for engineering from the "Technische Hochschule Hannover" (University of Technology in Hannover). He worked as assistant at the Institute of Control Engineering at the Technical University Aachen. Gitt received a Doctor of Engineering (Dr. Ing.) from the "Technische Hochschule Aachen" (University of Technology in Aachen) in 1970.
Honors: Dr. Gitt received his doctorate Summa Cum Laude, and was awarded the Borchers Medal, Technical University Aachen.
Professional Career
In 1971 Werner Gitt started his career at the German Federal Institute of Physics and Technology [(Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt "PTB"), in Brunswick. From 1971 to 2002 he was Head of PTB Division Q4 Information Technology. Gitt stated he had:
written numerous scientific papers in the field of information science, numerical mathematics, and control engineering. . .[1]
In 1978 he was promoted to the academic position[2] of Director and Professor at the PTB honoring his scientific publications and achievements as head of the PTB Q4 Division.[3]
Dr. Gitt is best known for his writings as a Creation Scientist and his opposition to evolution. In his book In the Beginning was Information, he argues that information theory refutes evolution. Critics claim this has been rejected by the scientific community as pseudoscience, specifically pseudomathematics.
Controversy and criticism
Rich Baldwin of talk.origins explained that Gitt has incorrectly cited research that used "algorithmic randomness and not statistical randomness," which has led to false conclusions.[1] Secondly, Gitt "describes his principles as "empirical" but Baldwin explained "the data is not provided to back this up."[2] Similarly, Baldwin explained Gitt "proposes fourteen 'theorems,' yet fails to demonstrate them."[3]
References
- ^ In the Beginning was Information, 2000, Preface
- ^ Biography
- ^ http://www.ptb.de/en/publikationen/jahresberichte/jb2001/oeq/taetigkeitsbereiche_q.htm#fbq4 PTB Department Q4 InformationsTechnologie
Bibliography
Selected Information technical publications [1]:
- G4 Gitt, W.; Information und Entropie als Bindeglieder diverser Wissenschaftszweige. PTB-Mitt. 91 (1981), pp 1-17
- G8 Gitt, W.; "Kunstliche Intelligenz" - Moglichkeiten undGrenzen - PTB-Bericht TWD-34, 1989, 43 p.
- G9 Gitt, W.; Information: The Third Fundamental Quantity, Siemens Review, Vol. 56, No. 6 Nov./Dec. 1989, pp. 2-7
- G18 Gitt, W.; Information-A Fundamental Quantity in Natural and Technological Systems Second Conference on the Foundations of Information - The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information. Vienna University of Technology, 11-15 June 1996.
- Gitt, W.; Information, science and biology Technical Journal 10(2):181-187, 1996
Popular publications:
- 1992 Question - I Have Always Wanted to Ask (ISBN 3-89397-184-x)
- 1993 Did God use Evolution? (ISBN 3-89397-725-2)
- 1994 If Animals Could Talk (ISBN 3-89397-760-0)
- 1997 In the Beginning was Information (ISBN 3-89397-255-2)
- 1999 The Wonder of Man (ISBN 3-89397-397-4)
- 2001 Time And Eternity (ISBN 3-89397-473-3)
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External links
- Official website (in German)
- Official Biography (English)
- Gitt's downloadable Documents & Books (in English)
- Biography from Answers in Genesis
- Information Theory and Creationism: Werner Gitt - part of the talk.origins archive.
- ^ "In the Beginning was Information" (2000) pp 249-250 References)