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AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

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Dr. George Ellis, Ph.D., is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where he works on relativity theory and cosmology. Ellis studied at Cambridge University, where he co-authored the book, The Large Scale Structure of Space Time with Stephen Hawking. Ellis has written over 200 technical papers in the area of cosmology. Dr. Ellis has been involved in developmental and peace projects in South Africa, including acting as the Chairman of the Quaker Service Fund and the Quaker Peace Centre. He has been actively involved in science-religion discussions. Ellis co-authored On The Moral Nature of the Universe: Cosmology, Theology, and Ethics with Nancey Murphy. President Nelson Mandela awarded him the Star of South Africa medal in 1999.





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