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Peter Atkins was born on 10 August, 1940 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, is a British chemist. Discover Peter Atkins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Occupation writer,actor,assistant_director
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 10 August 1940
Birthday 10 August
Birthplace Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Judith Kearton (m. 1964-1983) Susan Greenfield (m. 1991-2005) Patricia-Jean Nobes (m. 2008)

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1940

Peter William Atkins (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.

1964

Atkins studied chemistry there, obtaining a BSc degree in chemistry, and a PhD degree in 1964 for research into Electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and other aspects of theoretical chemistry.

Atkins then took a postdoctoral position at UCLA as a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth fund.

Atkins married Judith Kearton in 1964 and they had one daughter, Juliet (born 1970).

1965

He returned to Britain in 1965 as a fellow and tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford, and lecturer in physical chemistry (later, professor of physical chemistry).

1969

In 1969, he won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Meldola Medal.

1983

They divorced in 1983.

1991

In 1991, he married fellow scientist Susan Greenfield (later Baroness Greenfield).

1996

In 1996 he was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of Chemistry.

2005

They divorced in 2005.

2006

In December 2006, Atkins was interviewed by journalist Rod Liddle in a UK television documentary on atheism called The Trouble with Atheism.

In the documentary, Liddle asked Atkins: "Give me your views on the existence, or otherwise, of God."

Atkins replied: "Well, it's fairly straightforward: There isn't one. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is one, and so I don't believe that there is one. And I think that it is rather foolish that people do think that there is one."

2007

He retired in 2007.

He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics.

Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including Atkins' Molecules, Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science and On Being.

Atkins left school (Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham) at fifteen and took a job at Monsanto as a laboratory assistant.

He studied for A-levels by himself and gained a place, following a last-minute interview, at the University of Leicester.

He retired in 2007, and since then has been a full-time author.

He has honorary doctorates from the University of Utrecht, the University of Leicester (where he sits on the university Court), Mendeleev University in Moscow, and Kazan State Technological University.

He was a member of the Council of the Royal Institution and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

He was the founding chairman of IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education, and is a trustee of a variety of charities.

Atkins has lectured in quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, and thermodynamics courses (up to graduate level) at the University of Oxford.

He is a patron of the Oxford University Scientific Society.

In 2007, Atkins's position on religion was described by Colin Tudge in an article in The Guardian as being non-scientific.

In the same article, Atkins was also described as being "more hardline than Richard Dawkins", and of deliberately choosing to ignore Peter Medawar's famous adage that "Science is the art of the soluble".

2008

Atkins is known for his use of strident language in criticising religion: He appeared in the 2008 documentary-style film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, in which he told interviewer Ben Stein that religion was "a fantasy" and "completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil".

In 2008, he married Patricia-Jean Nobes (née Brand).

2016

In 2016 Atkins received the James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public from the American Chemical Society.

Atkins is a well-known atheist.

He has written and spoken on issues of humanism, atheism, and conflicts between science and religion.

According to Atkins, whereas religion scorns the power of human comprehension, science respects it.

He was the first Senior Member of the Oxford University Secular Society, a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK (formerly known as the British Humanist Association) and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.

He is also a member of the advisory board of The Reason Project, a US-based charitable foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society.

The organisation is led by fellow atheist and author Sam Harris.

Atkins has regularly participated in debates with theists, including John Lennox, Alister McGrath, Stephen C. Meyer, Hugh Ross, William Lane Craig, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and Richard Swinburne.

In July 2016, Atkins was quoted as stating, “We are a hiccup on the way from one oblivion to another oblivion.”