Scientist and theologian Professor Russell Stannard returns to Aberdeen to speak about
The Art of Science Writing
One of the leading authorities on the relationship between science and theology, Professor Russell Stannard, will return to Aberdeen next week.
Author, broadcaster and academic Russell Stannard OBE will give a lecture on The Art of Science Writing on Thursday, October 21, at 7pm in King’s Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen.
The lecture will coincide with the launch of his latest book, The God Experiment, based on the hugely popular Gifford Lectures, which he delivered to capacity audiences at the University in March 1998.
His latest lecture will examine what makes for good science writing with particular emphasis on the role of story.
Prof Stannard has spent most of his career researching high energy physics and has lectured at universities around the world. Born in London in 1931, he was educated at University College London, and was one of the first academics to join the fledgling Open University in 1969, where he was Head of the Physics Department for 20 years.
He has travelled widely in Europe and the USA, researching high-energy nuclear physics. For the past decade, he has concentrated his attention on the relationships between science and religion. A Reader in the Church of England since 1966, he received the Templeton UK project award in 1968.
A regular broadcaster, Prof Stannard is also well known for his contribution to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. His books include Doing Away with God?, Science and Wonders, and The New World of Mr Tompkins. His famous Uncle Albert children’s books introduce 11-year-olds to the complexities of Einstein’s theories of relativity and quantum physics and have become best-selling classics in 15 languages.
He was made an OBE last year for ‘services to physics and the popularisation of science’.
The Art of Science Writing will be open free to the public, but anyone wishing to attend should phone the Public Relations office on (01224) 272014 to obtain a ticket. The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.