The Ghost Lake -- The True Story of Louis Agassiz

De: John Hudson Tiner

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The Ghost Lake - The True Story of Louis Agassiz.

Louis Agassiz convinced a reluctant scientific world that glaciers moved. A great Ice Age had once wrapped much of the world in a shroud of ice. He also discovered that, when melted, the ice left behind the Great Lakes.
Even when he was young, Louis Agassiz was fascinated by the world of nature. All creatures interested him. As he grew older, Louis learned all he could about animals and plants. He found fossils especially fascinating. He soon became well-known for his great knowledge of science.
He lived an exciting life. He began difficult scientific explorations. He climbed mountains, organized expeditions into unexplored areas, and had himself lowered into the heart of a glacier through a great crack in the ice.
His great knowledge of nature earned him the title of Nature's Librarian.

Louis Agassiz; a man who values truth

Louis Agassiz is a man I deeply respect for his love of God and nature. Personally, I find that all things show evidence of God. When I find a scientist who seeks truth at all cost, including paying respect to the endless evidence of God's "fingerprint" on all creation, he or she has my respect. While biographies do not tend to look favorably on people of faith, except in the genre of faith promoting publishers and such who would look favorably upon CS Lewis or other great minds, you can still read them and get perhaps a glimmer of the original character of an individual who gets a glimpse of the infinite.

I found myself cheering in my heart and mind that this book was written to show, be it in a slight manner, the truth that Agassiz was testifying of God's beautiful creations on Earth. On the other hand, I would wince at most of the biographical aspects of the book, which I am prone to do, as an author draws a sampling some of the real or perceived weaknesses of the subject. Understanding that in order to have a book published nowadays, there is always the chance that he/she had no intent to draw negative light on the subject of the book, simply was seeking an opportunity to have the book published so it could be read by the masses.

May we be blessed to see more books of science, that can foster faith in an undiluted manner. Louis Agassiz was the "Father of the Ice Age" and has been largely forgotten in the annals of science. Many great scientists, historically, and in our day, believe that their knowledge of science increases their faith in God, as do I.