JOHN BARROW WINS THE 2006 TEMPLETON PRIZE
John D. Barrow, a noted cosmologist whose writings about the
relationship between life and the universe, and the nature of
human understanding, have created new perspectives on
questions of ultimate concern to science and religion, has won
the 2006 Templeton Prize.
Barrow, who serves as Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, has used insights from mathematics,
physics, and astronomy to set out wide-ranging views that
challenge scientists and theologians to cross the boundaries of
their disciplines if they are to fully realise what they may or may not understand about how time, space, and matter began, the
behaviour of the universe, and where it is all headed, if anywhere.
The Templeton Prize was founded in 1972 by philanthropist and global financial pioneer Sir John Templeton. Given annually to a living person to encourage and honour the advancement of knowledge in spiritual matters, it is the world"s best known religion prize and the largest annual monetary prize of any kind given to an individual. HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will award the prize to Barrow in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, May 3rd.
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