The Book of Job and its scientific questions
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2016 · Education
Tom Mcleish, author of Faith and Wisdom in Science, explains why the enigmatic Book of Job lends itself so well to Science. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/faith-and-wisdom-in-science-9780198702610 Tom McLeish is Professor of Physics and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Durham University. He has won several awards for his work on molecular rheology of polymers, including the Weissenberg Award of the European Society of Rheology (2007), the Gold Medal of the British Society of Rheology (2009) and the Bingham Award of the Society of Rheology (2010). He is also involved in science-communication with the public via regular radio, TV, and schools lectures, discussing issues from the Physics of Slime to the interaction of Faith and Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Physical Society and the Royal Society. © Oxford University Press
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