Speakers: Professor Alister McGrath, Professor John Wood Chair: Alistair Noble

Can we manufacture consciousness? Are we nothing more than gene replication machines? Dr Alastair Noble chairs a discussion with Prof. John Wood and Prof. Alister McGrath on the nature of our very being.

Prof Alister McGrath is currently Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford. Alister McGrath holds first class honours degrees in both Chemistry and Theology, a DPhil in natural sciences, and has published works in historical and systematic theology as well as the relationship between the natural sciences and the Christian faith. Prof John Wood is currently Principal of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London. John Wood graduated from Sheffield University in 1971 in metallurgy and undertook research at Cambridge University for his PhD. His research has been in the area of materials processing of non-equilibrium structures where he has over 240 publications and 14 patents. Dr Alastair Noble studied chemistry and did research work at the University of Glasgow. He has been a secondary school teacher, adviser, schools inspector and educational administrator. He has also worked on educational programmes within the BBC, the CBI and the Health Service. Since 2001, he has worked part-time as Field Officer for the Headteachers’ Association of Scotland and Education Officer for CARE in Scotland.

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