E. Brian Davies

Brian Davies
Davies in January 2016
Born
Edward Brian Davies

(1944-06-13) 13 June 1944 (age 80)
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford (Ph.D., 1965)
AwardsSenior Berwick Prize (1998)[1]
Pólya Prize (2011)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
King's College London
Doctoral advisorDavid Edwards
Doctoral studentsDavid E. Evans

Edward Brian Davies FRS (born 13 June 1944) is a former professor of Mathematics, King's College London (1981–2010), and is the author of the popular science book Science in the Looking Glass: What do Scientists Really Know.[2] In 2010, he was awarded a Gauss Lecture by the German Mathematical Society.[3]

Publications

Books

  • Davies, E. Brian (1976). Quantum Theory of Open Systems. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-206150-0.
  • Davies, E.B. (1980). One-Parameter Semigroups. London Math. Soc. Monograph series. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-206280-9.
  • Davies, E.B. (1989). Heat Kernels and Spectral Theory. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. Vol. 92. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36136-2.[4]
  • Davies, E.B. (1995). Spectral Theory and Differential Operators. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Vol. 42. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-47250-4.
  • Davies, E.B.; Safarov, Y. (1999). Spectral Theory and Geometry. London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Series. Vol. 273. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77749-6.
  • Davies, E.B. (2003). Science in the Looking Glass. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852543-5.
  • Davies, E.B. (2007). Linear Operators and their Spectra. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Vol. 106. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86629-3.
  • Davies, E.B. (2010). Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on the Nature of Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-958620-2.

References

  1. ^ "Berwick Prizewinners". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. University of St Andrews. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ DAVIES, Prof. (Edward) Brian, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  3. ^ "Chronik der Gauß-Vorlesungen" (in German). German Mathematical Society. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ Strichartz, Robert S. (1990). "Review: Heat kernels and spectral theory, by E. B. Davies". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 23 (1): 222–227. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1990-15936-1.

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