Oxford mathematician and expert in the philosophy of science, Dr. Lennox spoke February 20, 2012 in Cabel Hall at the University of Virginia to a gathering of almost 1,200 people. The Center for Christian Study at UVa wrote: "Lennox received world-wide notice when he began debating popular atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. He has since traveled and spoken extensively on New Atheism and the proper relation between faith and science." Lennox's lecture reinforces the idea that Christians have every reason to study science, because as Lennox puts it, "God is not a god of the gaps. He's the God who created the whole show! The more Newton understood about how gravity works, the more he could admire the genius of the God who did it that way."