--- title: "3 Ian Barbour Quotes - Famous Physicist (Issues in Science and Religion)" description: "Ian Graeme Barbour was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. Browse 3 Ian Barbour quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ian-barbour-42879.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ian Barbour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ian-barbour-42879.jpg) # Ian Barbour (1923–2013) Physicist **3** quotes in **31** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ian Barbour was a physicist, best known for *Issues in Science and Religion*. ## Quick Facts About Ian Barbour Born October 5, 1923 Died December 24, 2013 Profession Physicist Notable works Issues in Science and Religion ## About Ian Barbour Ian Graeme Barbour was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s Issues in Science and Religion "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion." ## Quotes by Ian Barbour > [The media like a good fight. They pick out the extremes and they leave out all the people in the middle who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-barbour/the-media-like-a-good-fight-they-pick-out-the-extremes-and-they-leave/) [Ian Barbour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-barbour/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/ian-barbour-87859_believe_the-media-like-a-good-fight-they-pick-ou_37113.jpg) > [The Goal of Science is understanding lawful relations among natural phenomena. Religion is a way of life within a larger framework of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-barbour/the-goal-of-science-is-understanding-lawful-relations-among-natural/) [Ian Barbour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-barbour/) [Framework](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/framework/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/ian-barbour-87859_framework_the-goal-of-science-is-understanding-law_1042462.jpg) > [Our view of nature will influence the way we treat nature, and our view of human nature will affect our understanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-barbour/our-view-of-nature-will-influence-the-way-we-treat-nature-and-our/) [Ian Barbour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-barbour/) [Environmental](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environmental/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/ian-barbour-87859_environmental_our-view-of-nature-will-influence-the-wa_1403933.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-barbour/#itemlist", "name": "Ian Barbour Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The media like a good fight. 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