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 Davies in 2016 | |
| Born | Paul Charles William Davies 22 April 1946 London, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Known for | Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect Bunch–Davies vacuum state Davies-Fulling "moving mirror" model[3] |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | Contributions to Theoretical Physics: (i) Radiation Damping in the Optical Continuum; (ii) A Quantum Theory of Wheeler–Feynman Electrodynamics[1] (1970) |
| Doctoral advisors | |
| Other academic advisors | Fred Hoyle (postdoctoral advisor) |
| Notable students | Sara Imari Walker |
| Website | cosmos |
Paul Charles William Davies AM (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor in Arizona State University and director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies in Chapman University in California. He previously held academic appointments in the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide and Macquarie University. His research interests are in the fields of cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology.
In 1995, he was awarded the Templeton Prize.[4]
In 2005, he took up the chair of the SETI: Post-Detection Science and Technology Taskgroup of the International Academy of Astronautics. Davies serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
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- ^ The Davies-Fulling model describes the scattering of a massless scalar field by a mirror moving in two dimensions. It provides insights into the physics of Hawking radiation. See: Fulling, S. A.; Davies, P. C. W. (1976). "Radiation from a moving mirror in two dimensional space-time: conformal anomaly". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A. 348: 393–414. doi:10.1098/rspa.1976.0045. JSTOR 79130. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Niebuhr, Gustav (March 9, 1995). "Scientist Wins Religion Prize Of $1 Million."