| 词条 | Andrew McIntosh (physicist) |
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|name = Andrew McIntosh |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |residence = Leeds |citizenship = |nationality = United Kingdom |ethnicity = |fields = chemical engineering, combustion, thermoacoustics |workplaces = University of Leeds |alma_mater = University of Wales Cranfield Institute of Technology |doctoral_advisor = John Frederick Clarke |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = Intelligent design, biomimetics |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |signature = |signature_alt = |footnotes = }}Andrew McIntosh (also known as Andy McIntosh) professor of thermodynamics and combustion theory at the University of Leeds.[1] He is also the director of the organisation Truth in Science which promotes creationism and intelligent design.[2] His research-group has received the outstanding contribution to innovation and technology award at the Times Higher Education awards in London in 2010 for developing a technology based on the defence mechanism of bombardier-beetle.[3] CreationismIn a 2007 discussion with Richard Dawkins on BBC Radio Ulster, McIntosh argued that the principles of thermodynamics are not consistent with Darwinian evolution.[4] In November 2006, the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and noted that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.[2] Publications
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/people/faculty/staff/a.c.mcintosh |title=Professor Andy McIntosh |publisher=University of Leeds |accessdate=2012-08-12 |ref=harv}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/media/news/mcintosh.htm|title=Press statement: Professor Andrew McIntosh|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505104117/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/media/news/mcintosh.htm|archivedate=2007-05-05|deadurl=yes|accessdate=2006-12-18|df=}}, University of Leeds, 29 November 2006. "Professor Andrew McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science, and his promotion of that organisation's views, are unconnected to his teaching or research at the University of Leeds in his role as a professor of thermodynamics. As an academic institution, the University wishes to distance itself publicly from theories of creationism and so-called intelligent design which cannot be verified by evidence." 3. ^{{cite news|title=Beetle defence inspires uni work|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-11959381|work=BBC News|date=9 December 2010}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Crawley|first1=William|title=BBC - Will & Testament: The Thermodynamics of Andy McIntosh|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2007/01/the_thermodynamics_of_andy_mci.html|date=7 January 2007}} External links
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