2010 Speakers

John D. Barrow FRS

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Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Director, Millennium Mathematics Project

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

Author, Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science

Author, The Constants of Nature

Dame Gillian Beer

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Emeritus King Edward VII Professor of English Literature

President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

Author, Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot, and Nineteenth Century Fiction

Alasdair Coles

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Senior Lecturer in Neuroimmunology, University of Cambridge

Associate, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge

Noah Efron

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Chair, Program on Science, Technology & Society

Bar Ilan University, Israel

President, Israeli Society for History & Philosophy of Science

Author, Judaism & Science: A Historical Introduction

Author, Real Jews, Secular Versus Ultra-Orthodox: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel

Patricia Fara

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Fellow and Senior Tutor, Clare College

University of Cambridge, Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science

Author, Newton: The Making of Genius

Author, Science: A Four-Thousand Year History

Pehr Granqvist

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Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University

Awarded Godin Prize, International Association for the Psychology of Religion, 2009

Author, Attachment & Religion: An Integrative Developmental Framework

John Gray

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Emeritus Professor of Economics

London School of Economics

Author, Gray's Anatomy

Author, Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia

Robin Le Poidevin

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Professor of Metaphysics, University of Leeds

President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion

Author, Travels in Four Dimensions: The Enigmas of Space and Time

Ehsan Masood

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Journalist and writer on science, international development and the Muslim world

Editor, Research Fortnight

Editor, Research Europe

Former Director of Communications, LEAD International

Author, Science and Islam: A History

Michael Reiss

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Professor of Science Education at the

Institute of Education, University of London

Author, Improving Nature? The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Janet Soskice

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Professor of Philosophical Theology

University of Cambridge

Fellow, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

Author, Medicine and Modern Reasoning

Kathleen Taylor

photo: Kathleen  Taylor

Research Scientist, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford

Author, Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control

Keith Ward

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Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus

University of Oxford

Fellow of the British Academy

Author, Pascal's Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding

Mark Williams

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Professor of Clinical Psychology and Wellcome

Author, Cry of Pain: Understanding Suicide and Self-Harm

Principal Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Author with John Teasdale et. al., Mindful Way Through Depression

Past Speakers

Francisco J. Ayala

photo: Francisco J. Ayala

University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

Laureate, 2010 Templeton Prize

Author, Darwin's Gift to Science & Religion

Author, Darwin and Intelligent Design

Simon Blackburn

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Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Author, Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics

Author, Truth: A Guide

Author, The Big Questions: Philosophy

Author, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

Michael Gazzaniga

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Professor of Psychology & Director, SAGE Center for the Study of Mind, Univerrsity of California, Santa Barbara

Author, The Ethical Brain

Author, Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique

Steven Rose

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Professor of Biology & Neurobiology, Open University and University of London

Author, The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience

Author, with R. C. Lewontin & Leon J. Kamin, Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology, and Human Nature

Richard Swinburne

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Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford

Author, Is There a God?

Author, Providence and the Problem of Evil

In Memoriam

portrait: Peter Lipton

The late Peter Lipton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, lectured each year at the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships Program, until his untimely death in November 2007. His lectures, a model of clarity and spiced with humour, were exceptionally popular with Fellows. He had a unique way of using the philosophy of science to explore philosophical issues about religion. The University of Cambridge has created a page in his honor.