Any Famous and outstanding Catholic contributors to scientific discoveries?

[theCardinalbird]

To rebuke the supposed science vs. religion war. Which famous and outstanding scientists were Catholic?

 

[Augustinian]

Copernicus, Leonardo, Marconi, plenty of Catholic scientists over the years.

 

[midori]

Here’s a list of lay Catholic scientists.

Here’s a list of Catholic clergy and religious scientists.

There’s a lot of famous names— and there’s a lot of people whose names aren’t so famous, but the importance of their work speaks for itself.

 

[theCardinalbird]

@Augustinian

@midori

Thank you!!

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Gregor Mendel, a monk who studied inherited traits.

 

[Scoochy]

Nikola Tesla should’ve been Catholic, Serb-Croat (or vice versa).

 

[EricF]

Father LeMaitre, proposed the Big Bang.

 

[mdgspencer]

As the preceding poster pointed out, a priest came up with the idea of the “big bang” origin of the universe. I once considered posting an article about him on Catholic Answers but never got around to doing this. Here though is an article about him, at http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/father-big-bang-catholic-priest

 

[TheLittleLady]

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/index.htm

 

[mdgspencer]

Quite a ;ong list of priest-scientists is given

by wikipedia, at List of Catholic clergy scientists - Wikipedia

 

[blackforest]

He’s probably on one of the linked lists - Br. Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics.