Colin A. Russell (Ph.D., University of London; D.Sc., University of London) is Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology at the Open University and is a research scholar affiliated to the History and Philosophy of Science Department, Cambridge University. He was formerly Head of the Department for the History of Science and Technology at the Open University and President of the British Society for the History of Science.

Professor Russell is a committed Christian and written extensively on the interface between Science and Faith, some of his many books include The Earth, Humanity and God; Edward Frankland: Chemistry, Controversy and Conspiracy in Victorian England; Michael Faraday: Physics and Faith; Chemistry, Society and Environment: A New History of the British Chemical Industry and most recently Cross-Currents: Interactions Between Science and Faith and Saving Planet Earth: A Christian Response.
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