Roland Poirier Martinsson

Roland Poirier Martinsson (born in Sweden, 1962) is an author, conservative philosopher and radio- and TV-personality from Sweden, now living in Austin, Texas. As a columnist, he writes mainly on American politics from a social and cultural point of view. He is a regular contributor to Svenska Dagbladet and Expressen, two major Swedish newspapers. He is married and has three children. [Brief autobiography on his personal website.]

Poirier Martinsson received his PhD in philosophy from Lund University, Sweden, in 2001 for a thesis on the justification of empirical beliefs (published in 2001 as "A Two-Front Battle"). His books are mainly concerned with the historic and contemporary relations between science, religion, culture and society.

Works

* "A two-front battle: on the justification of empirical beliefs" (Bjärnum, 2001, PhD thesis) ISBN 9189336070
* "Russells kalkon: en bok om hur Gud och vetenskapen formade den västerländska kulturen" (Norstedts, 2003) ISBN 9113011774
* "Sånt är livet: om vetenskapens sökande efter livets början" (Norstedts, 2005) ISBN 9113013238
* "Arkimedes. Matematiker, vapenmakare, stjärnskådare" (Norstedts, 2006) ISBN 9113015052

References

External links

* [http://rolandpm.com/ Personal website and blog]