John Charlton Polkinghorne Brief Philosophy Biography

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    John Charlton Polkinghorne was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, to Dorothy Charlton, the daughter of a groom, and George Polkinghorne.
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    Educational Jouney: (from primary school to after college)

    His educational journey started when attended a local primary school (in 1949). His beginning started off rough since he struggled with reading.
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    His exploring era:

    Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Polkinghorne explored various aspects of quantum field theory, such as Schwinger’s variational principle, strong interactions, and amplitudes.
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    Contributions:-

    John Polkinghorne made significant contributions to mathematical physics, including an identity for the S matrix for finite time intervals- https://www.pbs.org/video/religion-and-ethics-newsweekly-sir-john-polkinghorne-science-and-theology/
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    The author side of John Polkinghorne:

    Later on in his career, he became recognized as a renowned author of various books.
  • Death date:-

    John Charlton Polkinghorne died on March/9/2021 (age 90) in Cambridge.