Today's American Minute

Robert Boyle, Father of Chemistry, & Blaise Pascal, Father of Hydraulic Engineering - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 04, 2024 • & Blaise Pascal • Father of Chemistry • Father of Hydraulic Engineering • Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle provided in his Last Will and Testament, dated July 28, 1691: "Fifty pounds ... for an annual salary so some learned Divine or Preaching Minister ... to preach eight sermons in the year, for proving the Christian Religion against notorious Infidels, viz., Atheists, Theists, Pagans ... and encouraging ... any undertaking for Propagating the Christian Religion in foreign parts."

India History, the British Empire, and Rudyard Kipling: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, And never the twain shall meet." - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 30, 2023

Since ancient times, India had approximately 20 percent of the world's population, speaking over 1,000 different languages and dialects. Throughout the four millennia of Indian history, there have been thousands of kingdoms and dynasties.

History of Writing, Printing, & Gutenberg's Press "The Invention of Printing is the Mother of Revolution"-Victor Hugo - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 30, 2023 • "The Invention of Printing ... is the Mother of Revolution" • & Victor Hugo on Gutenberg's Press • History of Writing • Printing

Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press - the Western world's first "metal moveable type" printing press. His masterpiece was the Gutenberg Bible, regarded as the first book of significance ever printed.

Scientific Revolution & Astronomy, Galileo, Kepler, Francis Bacon-"A little philosophy inclineth men's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 29, 2023 • Almighty God • I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee!" • Kepler "O • Sir Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution; & Astronomers Galileo

In book five of The Harmonies of the World (1619), Johannes Kepler wrote: "I had the intention of becoming a theologian ... but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'"

Louis Pasteur, microbiologist: "There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 27, 2023 • Louis Pasteur "There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events"

Being one of the first European scientists to reject the evolutionary theory of spontaneous generation, Louis Pasteur insisted that life only arises from life, stating:

"Microscopic beings must come into the world from parents similar to themselves ... There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world may be more than a mere combination of events."