Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS was head
of the Particle Physics Group in the Mathematics Department at Cambridge
University. Internationally respected throughout the physics community,
he became an Anglican Priest and is now one of the world's leading writers
and speakers on science and religion, as well as a leading authority on
scientific and medical ethics. His official
home-pages are here |
Prof Simon Conway Morris FRS is Professor
of Evolutionary Paleobiology at the University of Cambridge. His
book The Crucible of Creation gives fascinating insights into the developing
story of evolution by a real expert at the cutting edge of science, and
debunks some of the misconceptions spread by popularisers like Richard
Dawkins and Steven Gould. Some extracts from
this book are here. |