John Polkinghorne





John Polkinghorne

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January 01, 1930 in Weston-super-Mare, The United Kingdom

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John Polkinghorne KBE FRS is a British particle physicist and theologian. He has written extensively on matters concerning science and faith, and was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2002.


Average rating: 3.87 · 534 ratings · 93 reviews · 46 distinct works
Quantum Theory: A Very Shor...
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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Belief in God in an Age of ...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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Quarks, Chaos & Christianit...
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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Faith of a Physicist
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1996
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Quantum Physics and Theolog...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Exploring Reality
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings5 editions
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Questions of Truth: Fifty-O...
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Science and Theology
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1998
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The God of Hope and the End...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Faith, Science and Understa...
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings2 editions
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“If the physicists seem to achieve their ends more successfully than the theologians, that is simply a reflection of how much easier science is than theology.”
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