Helge Kragh is Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology at the Department of Science Studies, Aarhus University, and associated to the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen where nowadays he develops his research.

Among his many distinctions: President (2008-2010) of the European Society of History of Science; member of the the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, the European Academy of Science, and the Académie Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences; Knight of the Dannebrogsorden.

Professor Kragh's academic research interests are in the history of modern physical sciences, including chemistry, astronomy, physics and cosmology; historical interactions between science and religion; philosophical aspects of science; and science-technology relations.

In the science-religion field Professor Kragh is especially interested in cosmology and religion through the ages; thermodynamics and religion; the age of the Earth in relation to Biblical chronology; the scholastic synthesis of science and religion. He has written several books, articles and lectures on these topics. He is a board member of the Science-Theology Dialogue Forum (a Danish organization).

Info: http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/helge.kragh@css.au.dk