From 1969-1999 John Hedley Brooke taught at Lancaster University, becoming a member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1993. In 1995, with Professor Geoffrey Cantor, he gave the Gifford Lectures at Glasgow University. From 1999 to 2006, he was the first Andreas Idreos Professor of Science & Religion at Oxford University, Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre and Fellow of Harris Manchester College. Following retirement, he spent time as a “Distinguished Fellow” at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Durham (2007). He has lectured worldwide and in November 2001 gave the “Distinguished Lecture” of the History of Science Society. From 2000 to 2003 he directed the European Science Foundation’s Network on “Science and Human Values”. A former Editor of the British Journal for the History of Science, he has been President of the British Society for the History of Science, President of the Historical Section of the British Science Association, President of the UK Forum for Science & Religion and of the International Society for Science and Religion. Among his books are Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge 1991), Thinking About Matter (Ashgate, 1995); and (with Geoffrey Cantor) Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science & Religion (Edinburgh 1998). He is co-editor of Science in Theistic Contexts (Chicago 2001), Heterodoxy in Early Modern Science and Religion (Oxford 2005), and Religious Values and the Rise of Science in Europe (Istanbul 2005). His most recent book, co-edited with Ronald Numbers is Science & Religion around the World (New York 2011).