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Raymond LeonardThe author was born at the height of the Manchester blitz. During his apprenticeship he won a scholarship to study Engineering, and later gained a PhD. Having joined UMIST from industry, his department always achieved the highest possible research rating, and helped win the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, presented at Buckingham Palace. Professor Leonard is author of over two hundred wide-ranging scientific papers, which include a technique now used to safeguard the ozone layer, and an expert system for cardio-angioplasty. In 1987, Professor Leonard was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science for his collaborative research. He was elected a Fellow of both the Institutions of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and, as an industrial consultant, has given keynote lectures around the world. Raymond and Sylvia Leonard live in the Peak District, where their four children now have eight children.

The Manchester Blitz

Lifelong fascinations have been science, religion and the future.  These interests were combined for a series of novels, published in the 1980s, whose titles included, The Nostradamus Inheritance, OMEGA, and Legacy of the Shroud. In Nostradamus, the Seer’s equations directed a super-computer to foretell the future. Legacy took the theme of cloning a boy from Christ’s blood on the Shroud. Whilst in OMEGA the writer postulates the emergence of hyper-intelligent circuitry, and the danger of such machines superseding mankind as evolution’s flag bearer. The novels were well received worldwide, were reprinted as mass circulation paperbacks, and even found translation into Japanese and Hindi. The novels have recently been revised and are now available on both Amazon and Kindle under the authorship Prof. Raymond Leonard. Professor Leonard has appeared frequently on radio and television to discuss the relationship between science and religion. At Oxford University, for the 1986 Cardinal Newman lecture, he chose the theme Reconciling Prophecy with Freewill. More recently, sombre visions of the future have evoked a collection of poems, revealing Pearls Along The Path.

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