Election recount: Theories of Everything author honored
Briton John Barrow, a University of Cambridge cosmologist and mathematician whose work explores the relationship between life and the universe, as well as the nature and limits of human understanding, has won the 2006 Templeton Prize.
At 53, Barrow is one of the youngest winners of the $1.4 million prize awarded yearly to a person advancing knowledge of spiritual matters. It was founded by British-born philanthropist-financier John Templeton. Barrow and his wife belong to Britain’s United Reformed Church.