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C. W. Davies</h1><h2 class="author_subtitle">Author of <a href="/work/2660645" data-workid="2660645" data-title="The-Mind-of-God-The-Scientific-Basis-for-a-Rational-World" target="_top" class="" >The Mind of God : The Scientific Basis for a Rational World</a></h2></div><div class="pagecard_messages"><div class="lt_scoreboard "><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-book" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 58+ Works</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-user" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 9,400 Members</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-feather-alt" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 109 Reviews</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-star" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 2 Favorited</span></div></div></div></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_about_author" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_6e89" data-caret-id="tdc_u_6e89" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_c66d" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("about_author", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="about_author" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_6e89" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>About the Author</h2><span id="tdh_u_c66d" ><a name="about_author"></a><div class="author_aka tinytext"><p class="alsoknownas">Includes the names: <span id="u_09972e83" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/pdevis&norefer=2">P. Devis</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/pcwdavies&norefer=2">P C W Davies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/pcwdaviespauldavies&norefer=2">P. C. W. Davies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/wdaviespc&norefer=2">P. C. W. Davies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/1018273925&norefer=2">P. C. W. Davies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/cwdaviespaul&norefer=2">Davies Paul C.W.</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/daiespaulcw&norefer=2">Paul C. W. Daies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/daviespaulcw&norefer=2">Paul C. W. Davies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/daviespaulcharles&norefer=2">Paul Charles Davies</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/daviespaulcwed&norefer=2">ed. Paul C. W. Davies</a>, </span><span id="u_053db720" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 11" >, <span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/daviespaulcharleswil&norefer=2">Paul Charles William Davies</a></span></span></span></p> <p class="alsoknownas">Also includes: <a href="/author/daviespaul-1">Paul Davies (1)</a></p></div><div class="tinytext">Image credit: Paul Davies [credit: Arizona State University/Tom Story]</div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_d71f" data-caret-id="tdc_u_d71f" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_8fd7" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_d71f" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by P. C. W. Davies</h2><span id="tdh_u_8fd7" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('daviespcw', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('daviespcw', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_1c25e4cb" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2660645" data-workid="2660645" data-title="The-Mind-of-God-The-Scientific-Basis-for-a-Rational-World" class="" >The Mind of God : The Scientific Basis for a Rational World</a> <span class="date">(1992)</span> <span class="copies note">1,302 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 8 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/33370" data-workid="33370" data-title="God-and-the-New-Physics" class="" >God and the New Physics</a> <span class="date">(1983)</span> <span class="copies note">1,021 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23493" data-workid="23493" data-title="About-Time-Einsteins-Unfinished-Revolution" class="" >About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> <span class="copies note">849 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28097" data-workid="28097" data-title="The-Last-Three-Minutes-Conjectures-About-the-Ultimate-Fate-of-the-Universe" class="" >The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe</a> <span class="date">(1994)</span> <span class="copies note">768 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 5 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1925110" data-workid="1925110" data-title="The-Goldilocks-Enigma-Why-Is-the-Universe-Just-Right-for-Life" class="" >The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> <span class="copies note">668 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 14 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/138257" data-workid="138257" data-title="The-Fifth-Miracle-The-Search-for-the-Origin-and-Meaning-of-Life" class="" >The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">600 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/45734" data-workid="45734" data-title="How-to-Build-a-Time-Machine" class="" >How to Build a Time Machine</a> <span class="date">(2002)</span> <span class="copies note">527 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 9 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9298885" data-workid="9298885" data-title="The-Eerie-Silence-Renewing-Our-Search-for-Alien-Intelligence" class="" >The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> <span class="copies note">386 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 21 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23529" data-workid="23529" data-title="The-Matter-Myth-Dramatic-Discoveries-That-Challenge-Our-Understanding-of-Physical-Reality" class="" >The Matter Myth: Dramatic Discoveries That Challenge Our Understanding of Physical Reality</a> <span class="date">(1991)</span> <span class="copies note">386 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/132505" data-workid="132505" data-title="The-Cosmic-Blueprint-New-Discoveries-in-Natures-Creative-Ability-to-Order-the-Universe" class="" >The Cosmic Blueprint: New Discoveries in Nature's Creative Ability to Order the Universe</a> <span class="date">(1987)</span> <span class="copies note">340 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/132287" data-workid="132287" data-title="Other-Worlds-Space-Superspace-and-the-Quantum-Universe" class="" >Other Worlds: Space, Superspace, and the Quantum Universe</a> <span class="date">(1980)</span> <span class="copies note">313 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/110387" data-workid="110387" data-title="Superforce-The-Search-for-a-Grand-Unified-Theory-of-Nature" class="" >Superforce: The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Nature</a> <span class="date">(1984)</span> <span class="copies note">274 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/231902" data-workid="231902" data-title="Are-We-Alone-Philosophical-Implications-of-the-Discovery-of-Extraterrestrial-Life" class="" >Are We Alone?: Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> <span class="copies note">259 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 4 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/136484" data-workid="136484" data-title="Superstrings-A-Theory-of-Everything" class="" >Superstrings: A Theory of Everything?</a> <span class="date">(1988)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">247 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28075" data-workid="28075" data-title="The-Ghost-in-the-Atom-A-Discussion-of-the-Mysteries-of-Quantum-Physics" class="" >The Ghost in the Atom: A Discussion of the Mysteries of Quantum Physics</a> <span class="date">(1986)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">207 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div id="u_dbf7a6fe" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 58" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/132526" data-workid="132526" data-title="The-Edge-of-Infinity-Where-the-Universe-Came-from-and-How-it-Will-End" class="" >The Edge of Infinity: Where the Universe Came from and How it Will End</a> <span class="date">(1981)</span> <span class="copies note">171 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22757629" data-workid="22757629" data-title="The-Demon-in-the-Machine" class="" >The Demon in the Machine</a> <span class="date">(2019)</span> <span class="copies note">170 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/46048" data-workid="46048" data-title="The-New-Physics" class="" >The New Physics</a> <span class="date">(1989)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">166 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10522050" data-workid="10522050" data-title="Information-and-the-Nature-of-Reality-From-Physics-to-Metaphysics" class="" >Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">116 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2800779" data-workid="2800779" data-title="The-Runaway-Universe" class="" >The Runaway Universe</a> <span class="date">(1900)</span> <span class="copies note">84 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2656111" data-workid="2656111" data-title="Space-and-Time-in-the-Modern-Universe" class="" >Space and Time in the Modern Universe</a> <span class="date">(1977)</span> <span class="copies note">71 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2656021" data-workid="2656021" data-title="The-Accidental-Universe" class="" >The Accidental Universe</a> <span class="date">(1982)</span> <span class="copies note">66 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/252331" data-workid="252331" data-title="Quantum-Mechanics-Physics-Its-Applications" class="" >Quantum Mechanics (Physics & Its Applications)</a> <span class="date">(1984)</span> <span class="copies note">54 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1293244" data-workid="1293244" data-title="Forces-of-Nature" class="" >Forces of Nature</a> <span class="date">(1979)</span> <span class="copies note">49 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/632934" data-workid="632934" data-title="Science-and-Ultimate-Reality-Quantum-Theory-Cosmology-and-Complexity" class="" >Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology, and Complexity</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">49 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/696128" data-workid="696128" data-title="The-Re-Emergence-of-Emergence-The-Emergentist-Hypothesis-from-Science-to-Religion" class="" >The Re-Emergence of Emergence: The Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">41 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/260479" data-workid="260479" data-title="Quantum-Fields-in-Curved-Space" class="" >Quantum Fields in Curved Space</a> <span class="date">(1982)</span> <span class="copies note">29 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/14018127" data-workid="14018127" data-title="Complexity-and-the-Arrow-of-Time" class="" >Complexity and the Arrow of Time</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> — Editor — <span class="copies note">29 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 3 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/210905" data-workid="210905" data-title="Stardoom-Scientific-Account-of-the-Beginning-and-End-of-the-Universe" class="" >Stardoom: Scientific Account of the Beginning and End of the Universe</a> <span class="date">(1979)</span> <span class="copies note">26 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5555547" data-workid="5555547" data-title="The-physics-of-time-asymmetry" class="" >The physics of time asymmetry</a> <span class="date">(1974)</span> <span class="copies note">24 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1522928" data-workid="1522928" data-title="The-Big-Questions" class="" >The Big Questions</a> <span class="date">(1996)</span> <span class="copies note">22 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/3128784" data-workid="3128784" data-title="The-Search-for-Gravity-Waves" class="" >The Search for Gravity Waves</a> <span class="date">(1980)</span> <span class="copies note">18 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/8421857" data-workid="8421857" data-title="Fireball" class="" >Fireball</a> <span class="date">(1987)</span> <span class="copies note">16 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/10706101" data-workid="10706101" data-title="Human-Mission-to-Mars-Colonizing-the-Red-Planet" class="" >Human Mission to Mars. Colonizing the Red Planet</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> <span class="copies note">11 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2656099" data-workid="2656099" data-title="More-big-questions-Paul-Davies-in-conversation-with-Phillip-Adams" class="" >More big questions : Paul Davies in conversation with Phillip Adams</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> <span class="copies note">11 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13223482" data-workid="13223482" data-title="Un-solo-universo-o-infiniti-universi" class="" >Un solo universo o infiniti universi?</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/27979339" data-workid="27979339" data-title="The-Goldilocks-Enigma-Why-Is-the-Universe-Just-Right-for-Life" class="" >The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?</a> <span class="copies note">4 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28430173" data-workid="28430173" data-title="Isten-gondalatai-egy-racional%C3%A1lis-vil%C3%A1g-tudom%C3%A1nyos-magyar%C3%A1zata" class="" >Isten gondalatai : egy racionalális világ tudományos magyarázata</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5497272" data-workid="5497272" data-title="E-T-and-God-could-earthly-religions-survive-the-discovery-of-life-elsewhere-in-the-universe-in-The-Atlantic-Monthly" class="" >'E.T. and God: could earthly religions survive the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe?' in The Atlantic…</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29734500" data-workid="29734500" data-title="The-Physics-of-Time-Asymmetry" class="" >The Physics of Time Asymmetry</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/31738220" data-workid="31738220" data-title="En-la-senda-del-hombre-vida-y-costumbres-de-los-chimpanc%C3%A9s" class="" >En la senda del hombre vida y costumbres de los chimpancés</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13706850" data-workid="13706850" data-title="The-Locust-Fields" class="" >The Locust Fields</a> <span class="date">(2011)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11591815" data-workid="11591815" data-title="Hello-is-there-anybody-out-there-believing-the-universe-is-teeming-with-life-in-ALR-6%25252F7-August-2011" class="" >'Hello, is there anybody out there? ... believing the universe is teeming with life' in ALR 6/7, August 2011</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28661261" data-workid="28661261" data-title="Information-and-the-Nature-of-Reality-From-Physics-to-Metaphysics-Canto-Classics" class="" >Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics (Canto Classics)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5612564" data-workid="5612564" data-title="An-interview-with-Paul-Davies-in-ABR-Feb%25252FMarch-1995" class="" >'An interview with Paul Davies' in ABR, Feb/March 1995</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29923478" data-workid="29923478" data-title="The-Demon-in-the-Machine-How-Hidden-Webs-of-Information-Are-Finally-Solving-the-Mystery-of-Life" class="" >The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Finally Solving the Mystery of Life</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5287988" data-workid="5287988" data-title="How-to-Build-a-Time-Machine-Poster-Kit" class="" >How to Build a Time Machine Poster Kit</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28672001" data-workid="28672001" data-title="The-mind-of-God" class="" >The mind of God</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/28425007" data-workid="28425007" data-title="Un-silencio-inquietante" class="" >Un silencio inquietante</a> <span class="date">(2011)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32615868" data-workid="32615868" data-title="By-Paul-Davies-Other-Worlds-Space-Superspace-and-the-Quantum-Universe-Penguin-science-%5BPaperback%5D" class="" >By Paul Davies Other Worlds: Space, Superspace, and the Quantum Universe (Penguin science) [Paperback]</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/32878525" data-workid="32878525" data-title="The-Eerie-Silence-Renewing-Our-Search-for-Alien-Intelligence" class="" >The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/33164049" data-workid="33164049" data-title="The-Goldilocks-Enigma-Why-is-the-Universe-Just-Right-for-Life-by-Paul-Davies-2007-07-05" class="" >The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life? by Paul Davies (2007-07-05)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/27486169" data-workid="27486169" data-title="%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E7%95%8C%E3%81%AE%E5%8A%9B-%E7%B4%A0%E7%B2%92%E5%AD%90%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-THE-FORCES-OF-NATURE" class="" >自然界の力 : 素粒子の世界 : THE FORCES OF NATURE</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/31638078" data-workid="31638078" data-title="Co-%C5%BEere-vesm-iacute-r-a-jin-eacute-kosmick-eacute-ot-aacute-zky" class="" >Co žere vesmír? : a jiné kosmické otázky</a> <span class="date">(2023)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29805381" data-workid="29805381" data-title="The-Accidental-Universe" class="" >The Accidental Universe</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/27456243" data-workid="27456243" data-title="Kosmiczny-projekt-tw-oacute-rcze-zdolno%C5%9Bci-przyrody-w-porz%C4%85dkowaniu-wszech%C5%9Bwiata" class="" >Kosmiczny projekt : twórcze zdolności przyrody w porządkowaniu wszechświata</a> <span class="date">(2014)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/27462828" data-workid="27462828" data-title="Kosmiczna-wygrana-dlaczego-Wszech%C5%9Bwiat-sprzyja-%C5%BCyciu" class="" >Kosmiczna wygrana : dlaczego Wszechświat sprzyja życiu</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/30440519" data-workid="30440519" data-title="What-039-s-eating-the-universe-and-other-cosmic-questions" class="" >What's eating the universe and other cosmic questions</a> <span class="date">(2021)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary btn-lozenge extra_top_space_half btn-sm btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/author/daviespcw/workexplorer" ><span class="btntxt">Work Explorer <i class="fa-solid fa-angle-right"></i></span></a></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_alsoby" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_5c9d" data-caret-id="tdc_u_5c9d" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_09d4" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("alsoby", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="alsoby" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_5c9d" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Associated Works</h2><span id="tdh_u_09d4" ><a name="alsoby"></a><div class="worklist"><div id="u_7e48b897" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/58717" data-workid="58717" data-title="The-Character-of-Physical-Law" class="" >The Character of Physical Law</a> <span class="date">(1965)</span> — Introduction, some editions — <span class="copies note">1,614 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 15 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9413662" data-workid="9413662" data-title="Seeing-Further-The-Story-of-Science-Discovery-and-the-Genius-of-the-Royal-Society" class="" >Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society</a> <span class="date">(2010)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">1,053 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 17 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5024505" data-workid="5024505" data-title="The-Oxford-Book-of-Modern-Science-Writing" class="" >The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">811 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 6 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/2170217" data-workid="2170217" data-title="What-Is-Your-Dangerous-Idea-Todays-Leading-Thinkers-on-the-Unthinkable" class="" >What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable</a> <span class="date">(1914)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">642 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 8 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6082533" data-workid="6082533" data-title="Six-Easy-Pieces-and-Six-Not-So-Easy-Pieces" class="" >Six Easy Pieces and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces</a> <span class="date">(1963)</span> — Introduction, some editions — <span class="copies note">403 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29703" data-workid="29703" data-title="The-Next-Fifty-Years-Science-in-the-First-Half-of-the-Twenty-first-Century" class="" >The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century</a> <span class="date">(2002)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">389 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 9 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/18883873" data-workid="18883873" 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Today's Eminent Thinkers</a> <span class="date">(1996)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">25 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5331798" data-workid="5331798" data-title="Randomness-And-Complexity-from-Leibniz-To-Chaitin" class="" >Randomness And Complexity, from Leibniz To Chaitin</a> <span class="date">(2007)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">13 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/16142040" data-workid="16142040" data-title="The-Guardian-science-course-Part-I-The-universe" class="" >The Guardian science course : Part I : The universe</a> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/5612557" data-workid="5612557" data-title="New-Scientist-15-October-1988" class="" >New Scientist, 15 October 1988</a> <span class="date">(1988)</span> — Contributor — <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div></div></div></div></span></section><section 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data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_27f0" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Common Knowledge</h2><span id="tdh_u_7e75" ><a name="common_knowledge"></a><div id="fwikiContainerTablediv"><dl class="loving comfort joined"><dt>Canonical name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=22&exact=1&type=2&q=Davies, P. 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W.</a></dd><dt>Legal name</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=31&exact=1&type=2&q=Davies, Paul Charles William" data-fieldtype="31" class="" >Davies, Paul Charles William</a></dd><dt>Other names</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=32&exact=1&type=2&q=דייוויס, פול" data-fieldtype="32" class="" >דייוויס, פול</a></dd><dt>Birthdate</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=8&exact=1&type=2&q=1946-04-22" data-fieldtype="8" class="" >1946-04-22</a></dd><dt>Gender</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=5&exact=1&type=2&q=male" data-fieldtype="5" class="" >male</a></dd><dt>Nationality</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=18&exact=1&type=2&q=UK" data-fieldtype="18" class="" >UK</a></dd><dt>Birthplace</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/place/London, England, UK" data-fieldtype="44" class="" >London, England, UK</a></dd><dt>Education</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=9&exact=1&type=2&q=University of College London" data-fieldtype="9" class="" >University of College London (BS|1967|Ph.D|1970)</a></dd><dt>Occupations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=physicist" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >physicist</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=17&exact=1&type=2&q=professor" data-fieldtype="17" class="" >professor</a></dd><dt>Organizations</dt><dd><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=Arizona State University" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >Arizona State University</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=University of Cambridge" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >University of Cambridge</a><br><a target="_top" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?f=10&exact=1&type=2&q=University College London" data-fieldtype="10" class="" >University College London</a><br><a target="_top" 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data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Klumpke-Roberts Award (2011)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Advance Australia Award" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Advance Australia Award</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Eureka Prize" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Eureka Prize</a> <span id="u_68478dfa" class="note" >(<a href="#" onclick="$J('#u_68478dfa, #u_25b74452').toggleClass('hid');return false;" class="" >show all 8</a>)</span><span id="u_25b74452" class="hid" ><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Order of Australia" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Order of Australia (2007)</a><br><a target="_top" href="/search.php?searchtype=awards&search=Asteroid namesake "6870 Pauldavies"" data-fieldtype="4" class="" >Asteroid namesake "6870 Pauldavies"</a></span></dd></dl></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_members" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_bd72" data-caret-id="tdc_u_bd72" 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class="brevs_container author_brevs_container "><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_259089274" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/22757629" data-workid="22757629" data-title="The-Demon-in-the-Machine" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/024130959X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/024130959X.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/024130959X.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/22757629" data-workid="22757629" data-title="The-Demon-in-the-Machine" class="" >The Demon in the Machine</a> by <a href="/author/daviespaul">Paul Davies</a></div></div><div class="showmore" id="u_813f5301" >Paul Davies is a an excellent science writer, bringing fresh perspective to historical and new science but what makes this book particularly interesting is the insight we get from firsthand access to the research on the subject.<br><br>Biology is still a strange science, exceptions outweigh the rule when you try to make any statement, there is a lack of fundamental principles to follow and even being able to effect a measurement reliably is completely non trivial.<br><br>However this state <u class="showmore_hide">is unlikely to remain like this forever and the direction of a new way to identify principles in biological sciences will include information as a metric and evolutionary “optionality”.<br><br>Paul Davies in this book brings something new evem to people that feel they know contemporary biological methods.<br><br>On the down side the book is less accessible than other texts by the author ans requires attentive reading.</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_813f5301');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ><span id="rate-u_34126d17" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" 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C. W. Davies</a></div></div><div class="" >Advances in the field of science known as the new physics could bring within our grasp a unified description of all creation. This would demand a radical reformulation of the most fundamental aspects of reality and a way of thinking that is closer in accord with mysticism than materialism.</div class="" ></div><div id="rfd_252262014" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_252262014"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_252262014" class="reviewflags_given hideme">Flagged<span id="rfi1_252262014" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as not a review" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_notreview"></i></span><span id="rfi2_252262014" class="hideme" > <i title="Flagged as abuse" class="fas fa-flag-alt reviewflags_abuse"></i></span></span></div><span id="rfrf_252262014"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/PendleHillLibrary" target="_top">PendleHillLibrary</a> | <a href="/work/33370/reviews" data-workid="33370" data-title="God-and-the-new-physics" class="" >3 other reviews</a> | Nov 10, 2023 | <a href="/review/252262014"><i class="fas fa-link"></i></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_246353818" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/9298885" data-workid="9298885" data-title="The-Eerie-Silence-Renewing-Our-Search-for-Alien-Intelligence" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0547133243.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0547133243.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0547133243.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/9298885" data-workid="9298885" data-title="The-Eerie-Silence-Renewing-Our-Search-for-Alien-Intelligence" class="" >The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien…</a> by <a href="/author/daviespaul">Paul Davies</a></div></div><div class="" >I admit, I'm a SETI supporter, even if only in spirit these days (my CPU's are doing Folding@home, now.) This is a great book that is simultaneously a highly accessible overview of the issues and details of SETI, an argument for doing SETI, and in the best tradition of SETI, an touches on many interesting questions (What is life? Technologically, and hence culturally, where might we go from here? 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