Image via WikipediaAnyway, I like it, and I like learning new things, such as the existence of two Catholic scientists who otherwise would not have passed under my radar.
The one I just found out about is St. George Jackson Mivart (see also Catholic Encyclopedia). I went to the trouble of editing a video of the CAL show that mentioned him so here it is:
It's only 2 minutes, and it saves me from paraphrasing other people, but he's an interesting person.
The other person I found out about is "servant of God", Jérôme Lejeune. No mp3 to fall back on here - he did important research into Down syndrome, discovering that children with the disease have an extra copy (called a trisomy) of a chromosome in chromosome 21. From the wikipedia entry, I have also just learnt why my wife is currently knocking back the folic acid. He doesn't have a cause for sainthood because of the science, obviously, but because of the love he showed to Down syndrome children.
So I found that quite interesting and hopefully you did too. It's good to find out more about your brothers in Christ, and the many gifts that they offered to Christ, the Church and the world.
Update
* Confusingly he may not be a Saint after all. The wikipedia talk page says he's simply named for St. George. Why does life have to be so confusing?
