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| McIntosh is a ],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/a_mcintosh.asp | title=Andrew McIntosh | publisher=] |year= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> and claims that his disagreements with mainstream science are based on empiricism. |
McIntosh is a ],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/a_mcintosh.asp | title=Andrew McIntosh | publisher=] |year= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> and claims that his disagreements with mainstream science are based on empiricism.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} | ||
| In a debate with ] on ] he stated his belief that the world was six thousands years old, that marine ] were made extinct by ] and that the ] contradicts the ] theory of ].<ref name="Dawkinsdebate">{{cite news | url=http://richarddawkins.net/audio/401-sunday-sequence-with-william-crawley | title=Sunday Sequence with William Crawley | publisher=] |date= December 10, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> | In a debate with ] on ] he stated his belief that the world was six thousands years old, that marine ] were made extinct by ] and that the ] contradicts the ] theory of ].<ref name="Dawkinsdebate">{{cite news | url=http://richarddawkins.net/audio/401-sunday-sequence-with-william-crawley | title=Sunday Sequence with William Crawley | publisher=] |date= December 10, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> ''(For more details on this objection to evolution, see ].)'' | ||
| He is on the board of directors of ], an organisation which promotes the teaching of ] in British schools. In November 2006 the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and claimed that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.<ref></ref> | He is on the board of directors of ], an organisation which promotes the teaching of ] in British schools. In November 2006 the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and claimed that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.<ref></ref> | ||
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| Andrew McIntosh Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory BSc, PhD, DSc, FIMA, CMath, FInstE, CEng, FInstP, MIGEM, FRAeS | |
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| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Wales Cranfield Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Intelligent Design, Biomimetics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | chemical engineering, combustion, thermoacoustics, Intelligent Design |
| Institutions | University of Leeds |
| Doctoral advisor | Professor J.F. Clarke |
Andrew McIntosh is Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory at the University of Leeds. He is a scientist who disagrees with the mainstream scientific consensus on biological evolution.
McIntosh's research group at University of Leeds has developed a new technology known as µMist which is based on the gaseous "cannon" of the bombardier beetle, which McIntosh believes to be intelligently designed. In December 2010 this work received the outstanding contribution to innovation and technology title at the Times Higher Education awards in London. It has been predicted that the technology may lead to a new generation of fluid dispersal mechanisms in fuel injection, medical drug delivery systems, fire extinguishers and fire suppression.
Creationism
McIntosh is a young-earth creationist, and claims that his disagreements with mainstream science are based on empiricism.
In a debate with Richard Dawkins on BBC Radio Ulster he stated his belief that the world was six thousands years old, that marine trilobites were made extinct by Noah's flood and that the Second Law of Thermodynamics contradicts the Darwinian theory of evolution. (For more details on this objection to evolution, see Violation of the second law of thermodynamics.)
He is on the board of directors of Truth in Science, an organisation which promotes the teaching of Intelligent Design in British schools. In November 2006 the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and claimed that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.
Books
- Genesis for Today: Showing the Relevance of the Creation/Evolution Debate to Today's Society (foreword by Ken Ham) (DayOne Publications, 2000) ISBN 9781903087152
References
- BBC News
- University of Leeds press release accessed 10/1/2007
- "Andrew McIntosh". Answers in Genesis. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- "Sunday Sequence with William Crawley". Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. December 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- University of Leeds press release accessed 12/21/2006
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