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Russell Stannard





CAREER

  • studied Physics at University College London earning a B.Sc. (Special Physics) (1953); followed by Ph.D in cosmic ray physics (1956).

  • 1960-69 Lecturer, UCL

  • 1969-71 Reader, Open University

  • 1971-97 Professor of Physics, Open University.

  • 1971-92 Head of the Physics Department, Open University

  • 1974-76 Pro-Vice Chancellor, Open University

  • 1987-88 Visiting Fellow, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, USA.

  • 1987-91 Vice President of the Institute of Physics.

  • 1993-99 Trustee of the John Templeton Foundation.

  • 1999-present Emeritus Professor of Physics, Open University.



PUBLICATIONS

He is a scientist who is also a religious believer.


Science and Religion

  • Science and the Renewal of Belief

  • Grounds for Reasonable Belief

  • Doing Away With God

  • Science and Wonders

  • contributed chapters to Evidence of Purpose, How Large is God?, and Spiritual Evolution.

  • The God Experiment, Faber/HiddenSpring 1999 based on his Gifford Lectures

  • Childrens Books

11 Childrens' books including
  • the Uncle Albert trilogy (The Time and Space of Uncle Albert, Black Holes and Uncle Albert, and Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest)

  • An update of George Gamow 's classic Mr Tomkins

  • The Curious History of God

  • Our Physical Universe



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