POLKINGHORNE, John Charlton

POLKINGHORNE, John Charlton. British, b. 1930. Genres: Physics, Theology/Religion. Career: Theoretical physicist and Anglican priest. California Institute of Technology, Commonwealth Fund Fellow, 1955-56; University of Edinburgh, Scotland, lecturer in mathematical physics, 1956- 58; Cambridge University, England, lecturer in applied mathematics, 1958- 65, reader in theoretical physics, 1965-68, professor of mathematical physics, 1968-79; Trinity College, Cambridge, fellow, 1954-86, Trinity Hall, dean and chaplain, 1986-89; Queen's College, Cambridge, president, 1989-96, fellow, 1996-. Ordained deacon of the Church of England, 1981; St. Andrew's, Chesterton, England, curate, 1981-82; St. Michael's, Bedminster, England, curate, 1982-84; ordained priest of the Church of England, 1982; vicar in Kent, England, 1984-86. Publications: (with R.J. Eden, P.V. Landsholt, and D.I. Olive) The Analytic S-Matrix, 1966; The Particle Play, 1979; Models of High Energy Physics, 1980; The Way the World Is, 1983; The Quantum World, 1984; Science and Christian Belief, 1984; One World, 1986; Science and Creation, 1988; Science and Providence, 1989; Rochester Roundabout: The Story of High Energy Physics, 1989; Reason and Reality: The Relation- ship between Science and Theology, 1992; The Faith of a Physicist, 1994; Quarks, Chaos and Christianity, 1994; Serious Talk: Science and Religion in Dialogue, 1995; Beyond Science, 1996; Scientists as Theologians, 1996; Beyond Science, 1996; Belief in God in an Age of Science, 1998; Science and Theology, 1998; Faith, Science and Understanding, 2000; (with M. Welker) Faith in the Living God, 2001; The God of Hope and the End of the World, 2002; Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction, 2002; Living with Hope, 2003. Address: 74 Hurst Park Ave, Cambridge CB4 2AF, England.