Russell Stannard, OBE (24.5[clarification needed] December 1931[citation needed] – 4 July 2022) was a British high-energy particle physicist.
In 1986, he was awarded the Templeton UK Project Award for "significant contributions to the field of spiritual values; in particular for contributions to greater understanding of science and religion".
Stannard was also a sculptor; two of his pieces were on display in the main quadrangle of the Open University site at Milton Keynes.
In 2010, he helmed a series of ten short programmes collectively entitled "Boundaries of the knowable", dealing with subjects from both scientific and philosophical perspectives, ranging from the nature of consciousness, the nature of matter, space and time, the wave-particle duality of matter, the existence of extra-terrestrial life and infinite universes, whether our universe is eternal, and the question of "What caused the Big Bang?".
[1] Stannard wrote eleven children's books, including: