Russell Humphreys
| Russell Humphreys | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Russell Humphreys February 2, 1942 Wyandotte, Michigan, United States |
| Alma mater |
Duke University (B.S.) Louisiana State University (Ph.D) |
| Occupation | Independent Researcher for Creation Ministries International (formerly at the Sandia National Laboratories) |
| Known for | Advocacy of Young Earth Creationism |
David Russell Humphreys is an American creationist author and a scientist with a PhD in physics. He has proposed a theory for the origin of the universe which he says resolved the distant starlight problem alleged to exist in young Earth creationism.
Humphreys graduated with a B.S. from Duke University and was awarded his Ph.D in physics from Louisiana State University in 1972. He has worked for General Electric and Sandia National Laboratories in nuclear physics, where he received a patent and a science award. From 2001-2008, he was an associate professor at The Institute for Creation Research. He currently works for Creation Ministries International (USA). Humphreys is a board member of both the Creation Research Society and the Creation Science Fellowship of New Mexico.
In an article published in CRS Quarterly in December 1984, Humphreys used the known magnetic fields of the Earth, Sun, Moon and Mercury to explain a model for planetary magnetic fields. According to the model, God created the planets with the atomic nuclei spinning in the same orientation. This spin would have initiated a large electric current, resulting in a sustained magnetic field. As part of his model he made predictions about the magnetic fields of Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
In 1990 Humphreys published a follow up to his predictions as Voyager II had now measured Uranus and Neptune's Magnetic Fields. In an article, Humphreys says that the measured values where within the bounds of his predictions, while dynamo theories had been incorrect about Uranus' field. He also posited reasons why Dynamo theories have trouble explaining the extreme tilt of both Uranus and Neptune's magnetic fields compared to their rotational axis, while his creation model does not have trouble explaining such things.
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