John D. Barrow
John David Barrow was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011. Barrow was a professor of mathematical sciences and director of the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was awarded the 2006 Templeton Prize for "Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities". His books explored a huge range of subjects on the science and religion interface at a level that spoke to lay readers and specialists alike. He was known for his efforts to make science understandable to laypeople.
Awards
['Templeton Prize (2006)', 'Italgas Prize (2003)', 'Michael Faraday Prize (2008)', 'Kelvin Prize (2009)', 'Christopher Zeeman Medal (2011)', 'IOP Dirac Medal (2015)', 'Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2016)', 'Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize (2019)', "Queen's Anniversary Prize for Educational Achievement"]
Notable Works
['The Book of Nothing', 'The Anthropic Cosmological Principle', 'The World Within the World', 'Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being', 'The Left Hand of Creation', 'The Infinite Book', "100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know", 'The Constants of Nature', 'Infinities (play)']
