John Polkinghorne worked for a quarter of a century at the cutting edge of theoretical physics where he played an important part in the discovery of quarks, one of the basic constituents of matter. He has been described as one of the greatest living thinkers on science. Polkinghorne’s great endeavour is to show that science and religion are by no means mutually exclusive concepts. In his view, one does not disprove the other, they are rather two complementary ways of seeking answers to the same big questions.

In his fifties, he embarked on a new career and studied for the priesthood. Later in life, he became president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, founding president of the International Society for Science and Religion and a member of the BMA ethics committee as well as of the Human Genetics Commission.

Polkinhorne will travel from his home in Cambridge specially to give a talk on “Science and Religion” in the Coigach Community Hall, Achiltibuie, on November 20 at 7.30pm.

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