advance without it. Without science's new knowledge of natural phenomena, technology's new methods for exploiting and taking advantage of nature's secrets cannot be created. The new scientific information is necessarily the first step. Moreover, there is no doubt that Damadian's seminal discovery preceded Lauterbur's developments. Philosopher Michael Ruse writing for the Metanexus Institute suggested that Damadian might have been denied a Nobel prize because of his creationist views, saying: I cringe at the thought that Raymond Damadian was refused his just honor because of his religious beliefs. Having silly ideas in one field is no good reason to deny merit for great ideas in another field. Apart from the fact that this time the Creation Scientists will think that there is good reason to think that they are the objects of unfair treatment at the hands of the scientific community. Damadian himself said, "Before this happened, nobody ever said to me 'They will not give you the Nobel Prize for Medicine because you are a creation scientist'. If people were actively campaigning against me because of that, I never knew it." In his 2015 memoir Gifted Mind, Damadian suggested the Nobel committee may have rejected him because of his religious beliefs. Bibliography (with Jeff Kinley) See also Nobel Prize controversies References James Mattson and Merrill Simon. The Pioneers of NMR and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: The Story of MRI. Jericho & New York: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1996. . Donald P. Hollis. "Abusing Cancer Science: The Truth About NMR and Cancer", Chehalis, WA: Strawberry Fields Press, 1987. . Doug Sharp and Jerry Bergman. Persuaded by the Evidence: True Stories of Faith, Science, and the Power of a Creator, 2008. External links FONAR corporate website "Nobel Prizefight" Cope's 1969 paper, pubmedcentral.gov; accessed March 14, 2017. "Patent Fights Aplenty for M.R.I. Pioneer", nytimes.com; accessed March 14, 2017. 1936 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American inventors Albert Einstein College of Medicine alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Lemelson–MIT Prize National Medal of Technology recipients Discovery and invention controversies American Christian Young Earth creationists American people of Armenian descent Armenian scientists Physicians from New York City