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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Chemist and Christian

Premier chemist, passionate Christian. And the Houston Chronicle ran a story on him.

Jim Tour: Rice University chemist. Nanotechnology expert.  Among the the 10 most cited authors of more than 720,000 scientists who authored chemistry papers in academic journals during the last decade.

Jim Tour: Messianic Jew who attends West University Baptist Church. Up at 3:30 a.m. every day to read his Bible for 2 hours, and a 20-minute break from his grueling schedule at midday in the university chapel.

"Though Tour is clearly passionate about chemistry," Eric Berger writes, "he is passionate about God. In a world that increasingly associates scientists with atheism or agnosticism, Tour derives his inspiration from deep faith."

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