A
study, done in
1998, consisting mainly of a
survey of
scientists in various
fields to determine their
religious belief.
Here are the results:
belief in a deity: 7%
agnostics and doubters: 20.8%
Nonbelievers: 72.2%
The study found the lowest levels of belief among biologists, with physicists and astronomers close. Mathematicians had the highest levels of belief at about 15%.