Oct 15, 2026 · 59 min · 11 segments
In this episode, Professor Andrew C. Scott speaks with Professor Rev. David Wilkinson about his journey through science and faith. David Wilkinson is an astrophysicist, theologian, Methodist…
David WilkinsonGuestAndrew C. ScottHost
I, I mean, because it was a different type of physics to rolling wooden trolleys down benches.
The first two courses in undergraduate physics in those days were general relativity and quantum theory.
Those are the first two courses, and that just blows your mind with some of the, um, amazing and rather subtle nature of the universe.
My sense of, of, uh, being a leader within Christian faith was growing as well.
I felt still very young as a Christian, um, and, um, I was enjoying physics.
Um, that's when Oxford University came back into the running and they wanted me to go and do particle physics there.
But the professor in Durham, head of department, was a man called Sir Arnold Wolfendale, who was Astronomer Royal at the time.
And he said to me, he said, "Now, David," he said, "I know you're a Christian," he said.
I, I mean, because it was a different type of physics to rolling wooden trolleys down benches.
The first two courses in undergraduate physics in those days were general relativity and quantum theory.
Those are the first two courses, and that just blows your mind with some of the, um, amazing and rather subtle nature of the universe.
My sense of, of, uh, being a leader within Christian faith was growing as well.
I felt still very young as a Christian, um, and, um, I was enjoying physics.
Um, that's when Oxford University came back into the running and they wanted me to go and do particle physics there.
But the professor in Durham, head of department, was a man called Sir Arnold Wolfendale, who was Astronomer Royal at the time.
And he said to me, he said, "Now, David," he said, "I know you're a Christian," he said.
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