Michael ldvorsky Pupin: Cosmic Beauty, Created Order, and the Divine Word

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2. Original titleMichael ldvorsky Pupin: Cosmic Beauty, Created Order, and the Divine Word
3. Language term English
4. lemma author Tampakis, Kostas
5. lemma category Scientific theories and disciplines
6. Publication date 2019
7. lemma work Edward B. Davis [Author]. Michael ldvorsky Pupin: Cosmic Beauty, Created Order, and the Divine Word
8. lemma manifestations Eminent Lives in Twentieth-Century Science & Religion : Second Revised and Much Expanded Edition
9. Keywords Physics - Columbia University - Saint Gregory Palamas
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    1. Columbia University physicist Michael Idvorsky Pupin   ( 1854-1935) is usually  remembered today  for  his  discoveries of  secondary X-rays  and the  mathematical theory  of  loaded  transmission lines.1    In his  own  day, however, his  life  story  was  widely  publicized in the United  States as an example of a successful immigrant from  Eastern  Europe, and  his  many writings on science  and religion were  well  known. As  a devout  Serbian Orthodox believer, Pupin's   theology of nature  emphasized a central  idea of  the  Eastern  Orthodox religious tradition: the  presence of beauty  and order  in the universe as manifestations of the  transcendent divine  Word  that  has  brought all things  into  being, the same divine  Word  who has been  most clearly  revealed in Jesus  Christ. In addition, the special attention he gave to wave  motion  and other  forms of energy,  which  he interpreted as the principal means  by which  the immanent  God creates  and maintains order  in the universe, seems to reflect  St Gregory Palamas' teaching that  God  continues to act  in the creation through the divine  "energies." Finally, consistent with  Orthodox worship and  contemplation, he  believed that  scientific knowledge only enhanced the believer's ability  to participate in the mystery and beauty  of heaven. In short,  for Pupin  the whole  cosmos  was an icon through which the glory and wisdom of the ineffable creator  could be seen.