Eric Hedin

Fellow, Center for Science and Culture

Eric Hedin earned his doctorate in physics from the University of Washington and conducted post-doctoral research at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden in experimental plasma physics. He has taught physics and astronomy at Taylor University and Ball State University (BSU) in Indiana, and at Biola University in Southern California. He served as professor of physics at Biola University in California, and chaired the department of chemistry, physics, and engineering at Biola from 2019-2021. Since the fall of 2021, Dr. Hedin has taught physics part-time with Indiana Wesleyan University and speaks regularly at universities around the country with God’s Not Dead Events, led by Dr. Rice Broocks. Dr. Hedin is also an emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at Ball State University in Indiana.

At Ball State, Dr. Hedin’s research interests focused on computational nano-electronics and higher-dimensional physics.  Dr. Hedin developed and taught the Boundaries of Science course for six years in the Honors College at Ball State University. In 2013, his course came under attack by a national atheist organization for allowing student discussions in class to consider evidence that nature is not all there is and that our lives have eternal meaning and value within a universe crafted with biocentric design. Based on Dr. Hedin’s experience with this course, he wrote a book published by Discovery Institute, Canceled Science: What Some Atheists Don’t Want You to See, sharing his experience at BSU and highlighting scientific evidence that points to design.

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Why Life Is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

We usually think of life as the most natural thing there is – blooming plants, flowing water, the cycles of nature. But what if that perspective is fundamentally challenged by the very laws of physics that govern our universe? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes physicist Dr. Eric Hedin to the podcast to discuss the compelling idea that life is the most "unnatural" thing in the universe. Dr. Hedin contends that the complex, organized nature of life defies the natural tendency of matter and energy towards disorder and equilibrium, suggesting that life requires something only an intelligent designer could provide.

Why Life is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

We usually think of life as the most natural thing there is – blooming plants, flowing water, the cycles of nature. But what if that perspective is fundamentally challenged by the very laws of physics that govern our universe? On this ID The Future, host ‪Andrew McDiarmid‬ welcomes physicist Dr. Eric Hedin to the podcast to discuss the compelling idea that life is the most “unnatural” thing in the universe. Dr. Hedin contends that the complex, organized nature of life defies the natural tendency of matter and energy towards disorder and equilibrium, suggesting that life requires something only an intelligent designer could provide. If the natural state of matter is movement toward the lowest possible energy state, then why aren’t all of us lumps of organic matter lying in

The Amazing, Intelligently Designed Honeybee

At the 2025 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith
Learn about the amazing intelligent design of the honeybee in this talk by physicist Eric Hedin at the 2025 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Dr. Hedin is author of the book Canceled Science: What Some Atheists Don’t Want You to See. Are you interested in the origins of life and the universe? Get this free book and explore the debate between Darwinian evolution and intelligent design. If you’re intrigued by the origins of life, this is a must-read. It might change the way you view our world. As a special gift from the director of the CSC, Dr. Stephen Meyer, you can download his 32-page mini-book Scientific Evidence for a Creator for FREE: https://evolutionnews.org/_/sefac

Science Professor Canceled by Atheists Because He Exposed Students to Evidence of Intelligent Design

Eric Hedin was enjoying a productive career as a physics professor at Ball State University when atheist activists tried to cancel him for exposing students to scientific evidence the universe was intelligently designed. Learn what happened next in this short video, and find out more in Hedin’s book Canceled Science: What Some Atheists Don’t Want You to See, https://discovery.press/b/canceled-science/.