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==Biography==
==Biography==
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Wilder-Smith 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 claims that dinosaur and human footprints existed at Paluxy River in Dinosaur Valley State Park. url=http://ncseweb.org/book/export/html/1447 | title=Analysis of the Melvindale Science Curriculum Sub-Committee Book Recommendations |publisher=National Center for Science Education | date=October 30, 1998 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-04-06}}</ref> A..E. Wilder-Smith studied natural sciences at Oxford, England. He received his first doctorate in Physical Organic Chemistry at Reading University, England, 1941. During World War II, he joined the Research department of ICI in England. After the war, he became Countess of Lisburne Memorial Fellow at the University of London. Subsequently, Dr. Wilder-Smith was appointed Director of Research for a Swiss pharmaceutical company. Later he was elected to teach Chemotherapy and Pharmacology at the Medical School of the University of Geneva for which position he received his "habitation" (the senior examination required for professorial appointments to European continental universities). At Geneva, he earned his second doctorate, followed by a third doctorate from the ETH (a senior university in Switzerland) in Zurich. In 1957-1958 Wilder-Smith was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Medical Centre of the University of Illinois, 1959-1961 Visting Full Professor of Pharmacology of the University of Bergen Medical School in Norway. After a further two years at the University of Geneva, he was appointed Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois Medical Centre. Here he received in three succeeding years - three ``Golden Apple Awards" for the best course of lectures, together with four senior lecturer awards for the best series of year lectures.
Wilder-Smith his first doctorate in [[organic chemistry]] at [[Reading University]] in 1941. He went on to have a number of different research and teaching positions before becoming a professor at pharmacology at the University of Illinois Medical Center.
Dr. Wilder-Smith's last Golden Apple award was inscribed, ``He made us not only better scientists, but also better men."

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Wilder-Smith 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.<ref>[http://richarddawkins.net/article,721,1986-Oxford-Union-Debate,Richard-Dawkins-John-Maynard-Smith Oxford Union Debate] from [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]]</ref>

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.{{Fact|date=June 2009}}

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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://ncseweb.org/book/export/html/1447 | title=Analysis of the Melvindale Science Curriculum Sub-Committee Book Recommendations |publisher=[[National Center for Science Education]] | date=October 30, 1998 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-04-06}}</ref> 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."<ref>Kenneth Christiansen, "''The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution'' Review" in ''Reviews of Creationist Books'' ed Liz Rank Hughes, [[National Center for Science Education]], 1992. page 134 ISBN 0939873524</ref> He further noted that Wilder-Smith's work disregarded basic literature in the field discussed.<ref>Kenneth Christiansen, "''The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution'' Review" in ''Reviews of Creationist Books'' ed Liz Rank Hughes, [[National Center for Science Education]], 1992. page 134 ISBN 0939873524</ref>

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."<ref>[http://www.designinference.com/documents/2005.02.Reply_to_Henry_Morris.htm Intelligent Design's contribution to the debate over evolution: a reply to Henry Morris], William A. Dembski, 1 February 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2008.</ref>


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Revision as of 19:43, 3 June 2009

Arthur Ernest Wilder-Smith (1915 - 1995), more commonly known as A. E. Wilder-Smith, was a Young Earth creationist and a chemist.

Biography

Wilder-Smith 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 claims that dinosaur and human footprints existed at Paluxy River in Dinosaur Valley State Park. url=http://ncseweb.org/book/export/html/1447 | title=Analysis of the Melvindale Science Curriculum Sub-Committee Book Recommendations |publisher=National Center for Science Education | date=October 30, 1998 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-04-06}}</ref> A..E. Wilder-Smith studied natural sciences at Oxford, England. He received his first doctorate in Physical Organic Chemistry at Reading University, England, 1941. During World War II, he joined the Research department of ICI in England. After the war, he became Countess of Lisburne Memorial Fellow at the University of London. Subsequently, Dr. Wilder-Smith was appointed Director of Research for a Swiss pharmaceutical company. Later he was elected to teach Chemotherapy and Pharmacology at the Medical School of the University of Geneva for which position he received his "habitation" (the senior examination required for professorial appointments to European continental universities). At Geneva, he earned his second doctorate, followed by a third doctorate from the ETH (a senior university in Switzerland) in Zurich. In 1957-1958 Wilder-Smith was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Medical Centre of the University of Illinois, 1959-1961 Visting Full Professor of Pharmacology of the University of Bergen Medical School in Norway. After a further two years at the University of Geneva, he was appointed Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois Medical Centre. Here he received in three succeeding years - three ``Golden Apple Awards" for the best course of lectures, together with four senior lecturer awards for the best series of year lectures. Dr. Wilder-Smith's last Golden Apple award was inscribed, ``He made us not only better scientists, but also better men."

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