Russell Stannard is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Open University.

In 1986 he was awarded the Templeton Project Trust Award for ‘significant contributions to the field of spiritual values; in particular for contributions to greater understanding of science and religion’. He was awarded the OBE for ‘contributions to physics, the Open University, and the popularisation of science’ (1998) and the The Bragg Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics for ‘distinguished contributions to the teaching of physics’ (1999). His many books include Science and the Renewal of Belief, Grounds for Reasonable Belief, Doing Away with God, Science and Wonders and Our Physical Universe.

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