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John Polkinghorne - Raine Wk5 Timeline

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  • Born: October 16, 1930, Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • BS in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge

    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • MS Quantum Field Theory from Trinity College, Cambridge

    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • PHD Quantum Field Theory from Trinity College, Cambridge

    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • PHD Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics

    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • Induction as Fellow to the Royal Society

    "His creation of mathematical models to calculate the paths of quantum particles was recognized that year with his selection as a fellow of the Royal Society." Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • Left physics to pursue priesthood

    "After 25 years He felt he had done his bit for science" Siniscalchi, G. (2010). Questions of Truth: Fifty One Responses to Questions about God, Science and Belief - By John Polkinghorne and Nicholas Beale. Reviews in Religion and Theology, 17(3), 356–357. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9418.2010.00585.x

  • Ordained

    Ordained
    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • Founding member of the Society of Ordained Scientists

    Turner, Darrell J.. "John Polkinghorne". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • Templeton Prize Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries About Spiritual Realities.

    https://youtu.be/XirvDhRGXS4
    "I want to take science and religion with great and equal seriousness.... I think of myself, and of some of my colleagues in this task, as being "two-eyed" scientist-theologians". “In Memoriam: John C. Polkinghorne (1930-2021).” John Templeton Foundation, 2021, www.templeton.org/news/in-memoriam-john-c-polkinghorne-1930-2021. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • published Science and Providence : God's Interaction with the World

    published Science and Providence : God's Interaction with the World
    An examination of whether a personal, interacting God can co-exist with the concept of today's scientific age. This was in response to Polkinghorne's fellow brit and Cambridge college Steven Hawking's book A Brief History of Time. Polkinghorne, John C.. Science and Providence : God's Interaction with the World, Templeton Press, 2005. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=692518.

  • published "From Physicist to Priest: An Autobiography."

    published "From Physicist to Priest: An Autobiography."
    Fitzgerald, Michael. "Physicist and Priest." The Christian Century, vol. 125, no. 2, Jan 29, 2008, pp. 30-33. ProQuest, https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/magazines/physicist-priest/docview/217267797/se-2?accountid=8289.

  • Interviewed after releasing new book, Quarks and Creation

    John discusses his early work with Nobel Laurite Murray Gell-Mann who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles. Tippett, Krista. “John Polkinghorne — Quarks and Creation.” The on Being Project, 13 Jan. 2011, onbeing.org/programs/john-polkinghorne-quarks-and-creation/. Accessed 11 July 2021.

  • Death: March 9, 2021

    “In Memoriam: John C. Polkinghorne (1930-2021).” John Templeton Foundation, 2021, www.templeton.org/news/in-memoriam-john-c-polkinghorne-1930-2021. Accessed 11 July 2021.