P. C. W. Davies
Autor(a) de The Mind of God : The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
About the Author
Image credit: Paul Davies [credit: Arizona State University/Tom Story]
Obras por P. C. W. Davies
The Matter Myth: Dramatic Discoveries That Challenge Our Understanding of Physical Reality (1991) 377 exemplares
The Cosmic Blueprint: New Discoveries in Nature's Creative Ability to Order the Universe (1987) 331 exemplares
Are We Alone?: Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life (1995) 253 exemplares
The Ghost in the Atom: A Discussion of the Mysteries of Quantum Physics (1986) — Editor — 200 exemplares
Science and Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology, and Complexity (2004) — Editor — 48 exemplares
The Re-Emergence of Emergence: The Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion (2006) — Editor — 41 exemplares
The Physics of Time Asymmetry 1 exemplar
The mind of God 1 exemplar
The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Finally Solving the Mystery of Life 1 exemplar
自然界の力 : 素粒子の世界 : THE FORCES OF NATURE 1 exemplar
The Accidental Universe 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (1963) — Introdução, algumas edições — 3,844 exemplares
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (2010) — Contribuidor — 1,019 exemplares
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (1914) — Contribuidor — 627 exemplares
The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century (2002) — Contribuidor — 383 exemplares
A God That Could be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet (2015) — Prefácio — 87 exemplares
The Future of God: Personal Adventures in Spirituality With Thirteen of Today's Eminent Thinkers (1996) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
The Guardian science course : Part I : The universe — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Davies, Paul Charles William
- Outros nomes
- דייוויס, פול
- Data de nascimento
- 1946-04-22
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Educação
- University of College London
- Ocupações
- physicist
- Organizações
- Arizona State University
University of Cambridge
University College London
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Adelaide
Macquarie University - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Templeton Prize (1995)
Kelvin Medal (2001)
Faraday Prize (2002)
Klumpke-Roberts Award (2011)
Advance Australia Award
Eureka Prize (mostrar todos 8)
Order of Australia (2007)
Asteroid namesake "6870 Pauldavies"
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 54
- Also by
- 18
- Membros
- 9,115
- Popularidade
- #2,638
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 110
- ISBN
- 347
- Línguas
- 19
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
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.
However this state 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”.
Paul Davies in this book brings something new evem to people that feel they know contemporary biological methods.
On the down side the book is less accessible than other texts by the author ans requires attentive reading.… (mais)