- .Wallace,
Alfred Russel
- [1823-1913] Naturalist. Co-discoverer
with Charles Darwin of the
theory of natural selection. Wallace attributed a moment of insight to
a fever dream. He wrote up a paper describing the action of natural
selection, then sent a copy to Darwin for review and possible
publication. Wallace's paper and a letter of Darwin's to Asa Gray were
presented to the same meeting of the Linnean Society in 1858. Darwin's
publication of "The Origin of Species" in 1859 eclipsed Wallace. Arnold
Brackman's "A Delicate Arrangement" (1980) explores this topic in
detail, but presses for conclusions unwarranted by the evidence.
Discoverer of "Wallace's Line" separating the biota of Asia from
Australia.
- .Watson, James
D.
- [1928-] Biochemist. Co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the double
helix structure of DNA.
- .Watson,
Seanna
- [?-] T.o. regular, CWACK.
- .Watson,
Stephen
- [?-] T.o. regular, CWACK.
- .Webb,
Max
- [?-] T.o. regular.
- .Wegener,
Alfred Lothar
- [1880-1930] Geologist. Proposed
continental drift in 1912. In the 1960's, evidence emerged giving rise
to plate tectonics, which vindicated the concept of continental drift,
but by a mechanism incompatible with Wegener's proposal.
- .Whitcomb,
John Clement
- [1924-] SciCre-ist. Co-author with Henry Morris of "The Genesis
Flood" (1960). (Retired) professor of theology at Grace College.
- .Wickramasinghe, Nalin
Chandra
- [1939-] Mathematician. Co-author with
- .Wiener,
Matthew P.
- [?-] Biologist. T.o. regular. Noted for
number and quality of flames, see
also the AI Jargon File under weemba. If you wish to avoid
being flamed, make sure to spell his name correctly and completely.
- .Wilder-Smith, Arthur Ernest
- [?-] SciCre-ist. Triple doctorate whose
books include "The Creation of Life: A Cybernetic Approach to
Evolution" (197?).
- .Williams,
Tom
- [?-] Contributor to talk.origins.
- .Willis,
Bruce
- SciCre-
ist. Participant in the Controv echo. His aggressive assertions
denying the existence of transitional forms led to the formation of the
transitional form challenge, presented to Willis in March, 1994; Willis
disappeared from the Controv echo at that time. Probably not the actor
of the same name.
- .Wilson,
Carl
- [?-] Evolution Echo regular.
- .Wise,
Kurt
- [?-] Paleontologist, SciCre-ist. Assistant Professor of
Paleontology, adjunct faculty at the ICR. M.S. Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D.
Harvard (paleontology). Professor at Bryan College in TN.
- .Woodward,
Chris
- [?-] T.o. regular.
- .Wright,
David
- [?-] Computer scientist. T.o. regular.
- .Wright,
Sewall
- [1889-?] Geneticist.