James Bradley is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Calvin University. He has a BS in Mathematics from MIT, a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Rochester, and an MS in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Because of his strong love for teaching and his Christian faith, he chose to spend his career as a professor at Christian institutions of higher education. He was deeply interested in the relationship between God and mathematics and was fascinated both by the prolific presence of mathematical structures in the created universe and the capacity of the human mind to perceive and comprehend them. He was particularly interested in the existence of randomness in the physical world and how this can be reconciled with the notion of divine sovereignty. He was also interested in the mathematical modeling of human decision-making, especially that of conflict situations and group decision-making.
This enabled him to spend 18 months working in the US State Dept doing mathematical modeling of situations such as chemical weapons inspections and missile defense. He currently lives in a retirement community in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is involved in environmental issues and manages a woodworking shop.
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