Tom McLeish
Professor Tom McLeish FRS was a physicist and leading writer on the intersections of science, religion, and the arts.
His research centred around soft-matter and biological physics, especially concerning the role of random processes in protein dynamics, self-assembly of bio-molecular fibres and in evolution itself. His broad interdisciplinary research interests explored the place science within wider historical and cultural contexts. These include collaborative work on medieval science, the philosophy of strong emergence, the entanglement of science with literature and the theology of science.