Tom McLeish is Professor of Physics and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Durham University. He studied for his first degree and PhD in polymer physics at the University of Cambridge and in 1987 became a lecturer in physics at the University of Sheffield. In 1993 he took the chair in polymer physics at the University of Leeds. He took up his current position in Durham in 2008. 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.

• Introduction


• 1: A Clamour of Voices


• 2: What's in a Name? Stories of Natural Philosophy, Modern and Ancient


• 3: Creation, Curiosity and Pain: Natural Wisdom in the Old Testament


• 4: Order and Chaos: The Comet, the Storm and the Earthquake


• 5: At the Summit: The Book of Job


• 6: Creation and Reconciliation: the New Testament creation narratives


• 7: A Theology of Science?


• 8: Mending our Ways, Sharing our Science and Figuring the Future


• Epilogue: a Parable for Science