Brewing Chemistry - Shroud of Turin: Convergence of Science & Faith or Unholy Hoax

By Jay Otten, Ph.D physical organic chemistry, intellectual property consultant, retired industrial chemist,

This presentation includes historic, scientific, and biblical material that focuses on one of the most studied ancient artifacts. The presentation is targeted to both faith-based and scientific audiences. In the late seventies a NASA scientist put a photo of the Shroud into the VP-10 analyzer which is used in space probes to convert two-dimensional photographs of the moon and planets into three-dimensional photographs. When he submitted the Shroud photos three-dimensional images of both the head and full body showed up as three-dimensional images. Based on this, the scientist was able to convince the Vatican officials to allow an unprecedented one-hundred and twenty consecutive hours to study the Shroud with non-destructive, modern, scientific tools. The talk describes the scientific findings in depth and allows the audience to draw their own conclusions.