E Brian Davies

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Doctoral advisor David Edwards Education University of Oxford Doctoral students David E. Evans Awards Polya Prize		Name E. Davies Notable students David E. Evans Role Author
Institutions University of Oxford King's College London Alma mater St John's College, Oxford (Ph.D., 1965) Notable awards Senior Berwick Prize (1998) Polya Prize (2011) Books Why Beliefs Matter: R, Heat kernels and spect, Spectral theory and differentia, Science in the looking glass, Mumbles and Gower Pubs

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

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. 92. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36136-2.

Davies, E.B. (1995). Spectral Theory and Differential Operators. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. 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. 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. 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.

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