In March 2008 , Heller was awarded the $ 1.6 million ( £ 820,000 ) Templeton Prize for his extensive philosophical and scientific probing of " big questions " . His works have sought to reconcile the " known scientific world with the unknowable dimensions of God . " On receiving the Templeton Prize , Heller said : Heller used the prize money to establish the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies – an institute named after Nicholas Copernicus aimed at research and popularisation of science and philosophy . Heller himself is the director of the Center , as well as the program director of Copernicus Festival
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Michał Heller