Paul Davies

Paul.Davies@asu.edu
480-965-3240
GWC 502
TEMPE

Regents Professor (FSC)
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
6505

Regents Professor (FSC)
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
6505

Co-director, Cosmology Initiative Director, Beyond Center
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
6505

Regents Professor
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
6505

Biography

Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist and best-selling science author. He has published about 30 books and hundreds of research papers and review articles across a range of scientific fields. He is also well-known as a media personality and science popularizer in several countries. His research interests have focused mainly on quantum gravity, early universe cosmology, the theory of quantum black holes and the nature of time. He has also made important contributions to the field of astrobiology, and was an early advocate of the theory that life on Earth may have originated on Mars. For several years he has also been running a major cancer research project, and developed a new theory of cancer based on tracing its deep evolutionary origins. Among his many awards are the 1995 Templeton Prize, the Faraday Prize from The Royal Society, the Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics, the Robinson Cosmology Prize and the Bicentenary Medal of Chile. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in the 2007 Queen's birthday honours list and the asteroid 6870 Pauldavies is named after him. His more recent books include "What's Eating the Universe?", "The Demon in the Machine", "About Time", "The Origin of Life", "The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?", "How to Build a Time Machine" and "The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone in the Universe?"

CV

Davies CV_0.pdf

Education

  • BSc First Class in Physics, University College London, 1967
  • PhD, Physics Department, University College London, 1970
  • DSc honoris causa, Macquarie University, Sydney (2006)
  • DSc honoris causa, Chapman University, California (2009)
  • DSc honoris causa, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2019)

 

https://beyond.asu.edu/

Publications

  • Bussey, K. J., Davies, P.C.W., (2021) Reverting to single-cell biology: The predictions of the atavism theory of cancer. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology Volume 165, October 2021, Pages 49-55.
  • Davies, P.C.W., McKay, C, Worden, S.P. (2021) Directed panspermia using interstellar comets. Astrobiology (Submitted)
  • Davies, P.C.W., Logan, T. & Zahariade, G. (2021). The harmonic quantum Szilard engine. American Journal of Physics 89(12), 1123-1131.
  • Davies, P.C.W., Logan, T. & Zahariade, G. (2021). A heat shield for de Sitter space. Physical Review D 103(12-15), 125010.
  • Lineweaver, C.H., Bussey, K.J., Blackburn, A.C. & Davies, P.C.W. (2020). Cancer progression as a sequence of atavistic reversions. Bioessays, 10.1002/bies.202000305, 43:7, (2000305), Online publication date: 1-Jul-2021.
  • Davies, P.C.W. (2020). Is new physics lurking inside living matter? Physics Today 73(8), 34-40.
  • Davies, P.C.W., A. Louis, A., Paulson, S. & Walkowicz, L. (2019). A touch of awe: crafting meaning from the wonder of the cosmos. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1432(1), 46-62.
  • Zhou, J.X., Cisneros, L., Knijnenburg, T., Trachana, K., Davies, P.C.W. & Huang, S. (2018). Phylostratigraphic analysis of tumor and developmental transcriptomes reveals relationship between oncogenesis, phylogenesis and ontogenesis. Convergent Science: Physical Oncology, 4(2), 025002, 1-29.
  •  Adams, A., Berner, A., Davies P., & Walker S. I. (2017). Physical universality, state-dependent dynamical laws and open-ended evolution. Entropy. In the press.
  • Cisneros, L., Bussey, K. J., Orr, A. J., Miočević, M., Lineweaver, C. H., & Davies, P. (2017). Ancient genes establish stress-induced mutation as a hallmark of cancer. PloS one, 12(4
  • Bussey, K. J., Cisneros, L. H., Lineweaver, C. H., & Davies, P. C. (2017). Ancestral gene regulatory networks drive cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(24), 6160-6162.
  • .Adams, A., Zenil, H., Davies, P. C., & Walker, S. I. (2017). Formal definitions of unbounded evolution and innovation reveal universal mechanisms for open-ended evolution in dynamical systems. Scientific Reports, 7(997)
  • Davies, P. C., & Walker, S. I. (2016). The hidden simplicity of biology. Reports on Progress in Physics, 79(10).
  • Davies, P. C., & Agus, D. B. (2016). Stochasticity and determinism in cancer creation and progression. Convergent Science Physical Oncology, 1(2).
  • Walker, S. I., Kim, H., & Davies, P. C. (2016). The informational architecture of the cell. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 374(2063).
  • Kim, H., Davies, P., & Walker, S. I. (2015). New scaling relation for information transfer in biological networks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(113).        
  • Wu, A., Zhang, Q., Lambert, G., Khin, Z., Gatenby, R. A., Kim, H. J., & Austin, R. H. (2015). Ancient hot and cold genes and chemotherapy resistance emergence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(33), 10467-10472.
  • Coventry, B. J., Ashdown, M., Henneberg, M., & Davies, P. C. (2015). The immune system and responses to cancer: coordinated evolution. Nature Reviews Immunology4(552).
  • P. Davies, S. Walker, P. Samantray and Y. Aharonov. Quantum Non-Barking Dogs. New Journal of Physics (2014).
  • Paul Davies. Quantum weak measurements and cosmology. Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story (2014).
  • P. Davies. Implications of read-write genomics for cancer biology. Physics of Life Reviews (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Are we alone in the universe?. newyorktimes.com (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Physics not biology may be key to beating cancer. New Scientist (2013).
  • Paul Davies. The secret of life won’t be cooked up in a chemistry lab. The Guardian (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Time travel: can it really be done?. edition.CNN.com (2013).
  • Paul Davies and B. Schmidt. Has big data killed the utopian digital dream?. Cosmos (2013).
  • C.H. Lineweaver and M. Ruse. Complexity and the Arrow of Time. (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Afterword. Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Directionality principles from cancer to cosmology. Complexity and the Arrow of Time (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Exposing cancer’s deep evolutionary roots. (2013).
  • Paul Davies. Cancer can teach us about our own evolution. The Guardian (2012).
  • Paul Davies. How to build a time machine?. Scientific American: Special Collector's Edition (2012).
  • Paul Davies. That mysterious flow. Scientific American: Special Collector's Edition (2012).
  • Paul Davies. Multiverse cosmology. The Astronomy Revolution: 400 years of exploring the cosmos (2012).
  • Paul Davies. Hello, is anybody out there?. The Australian (2011).
  • Paul Davies and Dirk Schulze-Makuch. The One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet. (2011).
  • Paul Davies, Richard Hoover, Gilbert Levin and Alexei Rozanov. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIV. (2011).
  • P Davies, A Fuhrmann, J R Staunton, V Nandakumar, N Banyai, and R Ros. AFM stiffness nanotomography of normal, metaplastic and dysplastic human esophageal cells. (2011).
  • P.C.W. Davies and R.V.Wagner. Searching for alien artifacts on the moon. (2011).
  • Paul Davies. Epigenetics and top-down causation. (2011).
  • Paul Davies. Footprints of alien technology. (2011).
  • Paul Davies, Felisa Wolfe-Simon, Jodi Switzer Blum, Thomas R.Kulp, Gwyneth W.Gordon, Shelley E.Hoeft, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, John F.Stolz, Samuel M.Webb, Peter K.Weber, Ariel D. Anbar, Ronald S.Oremland. Response to comments on 'A bacterium that can grow by using arsenic instead of phosphorous. (2011).
  • Paul Davies, Lloyd Demetrius and Jack A Tuszynski. Cancer as a dynamical phase transition. (2011).
  • Paul Davies. Alien invasion: Why stephen Hawking is wrong. Speakeasey: Wall Street Journal Online (2010).
  • Paul Davies. An eye in the biggest of skies. Big Questions Online – John Templeton Foundation (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Clash of civilizations. Big Questions Online – John Templeton Foundation (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Is anybody out there?. Wall Street Journal (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Is anyone out there?. New Humanist (UK) (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Life, but not as we know it. The Guardian Onine (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Peut-on créer une machine à remonter le temps ?. Pour la Science (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Rethinking cancer. Physics World (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Searching for a Shadow Biosphere on Earth as a Test of the ‘Cosmic Imperative’. Philosophical transactions of the royal society (2010).
  • Paul Davies. SETI's Challenge to Religion. Big Questions online - JTF (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Stephen Hawking’s big bang gaps. The Guardian Online (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Teh eerie silence: are we alone in teh universe?. Engineering and TEchnology (2010).
  • Paul Davies. The aliens among us. New York Times (2010).
  • Paul Davies. The eerie silence. PhysicsWorld Online (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Why is the universe just right for life?. Analecta Husserliana (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Why so quiet, E. T.?. The Fee Lance-Star (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Widening the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Physics World Online (2010).
  • Paul Davies with Dirk Schulze-Makuch. To boldly go: A one-way human mission to mars. Journal of Cosmology (2010).
  • Paul Davies with Felisa Wolfe Simon, Jodi Switzer Blum, Thomas R. Kulp, Gwyneth W. Gordon, Shelley E. Hoeft, John F. Stolz, Samuel M. Webb, Ariel D. Anbar and Ronald S. Oremland. '"Arsenolife": A bacterium that grows by employing arsenic instead of phosphorus'. Science Online (2010).
  • Paul Davies. The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence. (2010).
  • Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregersen (editors). Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics. (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Just typical: Our changing place in the universe. Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Life, mind. And culture as fundamental properties of the universe. Cosmos and culture: Cultural evolution in a cosmic context (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Shadow Biosphere. This will change everything: Ideas that will shape the future (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Universe from bit. Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics (2010).
  • Paul Davies. Where did the laws of physics come from?. Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics, Cosmology, and Consciousness (2010).
  • ITV Studios. SciFi Science II, Episode 6, "How to make first contact". (2010).
  • Jon Ronson. "First contact: The man who'll welcome the aliens". (2010).
  • Jonathan Charles. "Paul Davies: Searching for alien life" Hardtalk Interview. (2010).
  • Felisa Wolfe-Simon, Paul C.W. Davies and Ariel D. Anbar. Did nature also choose arsenic?. International Journal of Astrobiology (2009).
  • Paul C.W. Davies,Steven A. Benner, Carol E. Cleland, Charles H. Lineweaver, Christopher P. McKay, and Felisa Wolfe-Simon. Signatures of a shadow biosphere. Astrobiology (2009).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmic Jackpot. (2009).
  • Joanne Vanderzwan. Can We Help?. (2009).
  • MaryLynn Schiavi. Quantum Mechanics and Free Will. (2009).
  • Paul Davies. The quantum life. (2009).
  • Paul Davies. What is the Origin of Life?. (2009).
  • Davies, Paul. Creation in the blink of an eye. The Guardian (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Des formes de vie alternatives. Pour la Science (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Living in the dark. What Is Enlightenment Magazine (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. On my mind. SEED Magazine (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. The brain behind the economy. The Australian (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. The laws of physics. The Times of India (2008).
  • Paul Davies. The implications of a cosmological information bound for complexity, quantum information and the nature of physical law. Fluctuation and Noise Letters (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. How to Build a Time Machine. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. The Mind of God. (2008).
  • Paul Davies. About Time: Einstein's unfinished Revolution. (2008).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmic Jackpot. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. The Re-Emergence of Emergence. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . The Goldilocks Enigma. The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (2008).
  • Karol Jalochowski. Porzadek Wszechswiata. (2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Aliens under our noses. Scientific American (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Deconstructing the cosmic jackpot. New York Academy of Sciences Magazine (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Does the universe have a purpose? Perhaps. New York Times (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Life, the universe and everything. Cosmos (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Quantum leap of faith. The Australian (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Reloading the matrix. Science & Spirit (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Taking science on faith. New York Times (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. That mysterious flow. Scientific American - special edition (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. The universe's weird bio-friendliness. The Chronicle Review (2007).
  • Paul Davies. The implications of a cosmological information bound for complexity, quantum information and the nature of physical law. Fluctuation and Noise Letters (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. God and the New Physics. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology X. (2007).
  • . . Amazing Light: A Volume Dedicated To Charles Hard Townes On His 80th Birthday (2007).
  • . . Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning (2007).
  • . . Universe or Multiverse (2007).
  • . . What is your dangerous idea? (2007).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . Space destroyed and time obliterated. Mind, Life and the Universe (2007).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . The implications of a holographic universe for complexity, quantum information, and the nature of physical law. Randomness and Complexity (2007).
  • Davies, Paul (Foreword writer) . Foreword. Thinking About Gödel and Turing: Essays on complexity, 1970-2007 (2007).
  • Davies, Paul (Writer) . A one-way ticket to Mars. What are you optimistic about? (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Searching for an alternative form of life on Earth. SPIE (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. Response to critics. (2007).
  • Davies, Paul. 42? No, there's more to it. Oxford Times (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. And another thing. Sunday Life - Australia (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Looking for the biggest answers. The Daily Telegraph (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The bear necessities of life. Times Higher Education Supplement (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The books that changed me. Sun Herald - Australia (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma. (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma. (2006).
  • Clayton, Philip, Davies, Paul. The Re-Emergence of Emergence. (2006).
  • . . Review of: Introduction to Black Holes, Information & String Theory (2006).
  • . . Review of: Nuclear Energy Fallacies (2006).
  • . . Review of: The Singularity is Near (2006).
  • . . God's Action in Nature's World, Essays in honor of Robert John Russell (2006).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . Flying Apart. My Einstein (2006).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . Glimpsing the Mind of God. Science and the Search for Meaning (2006).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . Preface. The Re-Emergence of Emergence (2006).
  • Davies, Paul (Author) . The Physics of Downward Causation. The Re-Emergence of Emergence (2006).
  • Davies, Paul (Foreword writer) . Foreword. The Parallel Bang (2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Chirality, quantum mechanics and biological determinism. (2006).
  • Pikuta, E, Hoover, R, Klyce, B, Davies, Paul. Bacterial utilization of L-Sugars and D-amino acids. (2006).
  • Paul Davies. The Cosmic Blueprint. (2004).
  • Paul Davies. Cancer: The Beat of an Ancient Drum?'. The Guardian (0).
  • Paul Davies. 'The nature of the laws of physics and their mysterious bio-friendliness. Science and religion in dialogue (0).
  • P C W Davies and C H Lineweaver. Cancer tumors as Metazoa 1.0: tapping genes of ancient ancestors. (0).
  • Paul Davies. Searching for a shadow biosphere on Earth as a test of the ‘cosmic imperative’. (0).
  • Paul Davies, Felisa Wolfe-Simon, Jodi Switzer Blum, Thomas R.Kulp, Gwyneth W.Gordon, Shelley E.Hoeft, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, John F.Stolz, Samuel M.Webb, Peter K.Weber, Ariel D. Anbar, Ronald S.Oremland. A bacterium that can grow by using arsenic instead of phosphorous. (0).

Courses

Spring 2022
Course Number Course Title
HON 494 Special Topics
Fall 2021
Course Number Course Title
PHY 792 Research
Spring 2021
Course Number Course Title
HON 394 Special Topics
Fall 2020
Course Number Course Title
PHY 792 Research
Fall 2019
Course Number Course Title
HON 494 Special Topics
PHY 792 Research
Spring 2019
Course Number Course Title
HON 494 Special Topics
Fall 2018
Course Number Course Title
PHY 495 Project Research
PHY 792 Research
Spring 2018
Course Number Course Title
HON 394 Special Topics
Fall 2017
Course Number Course Title
PHY 495 Project Research
PHY 790 Reading and Conference
PHY 792 Research

Presentations

  • Paul Davies. Golden Jubilee. India (Dec 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cancer. Annual National Cancer Institute Site Visit (Nov 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmology. lecture at Fermilab, Chicago (Oct 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmology. Conference for the 30th anniversary for the agency ONDRAF/NIRAS (Sep 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Quantum Biology Workshop. Surrey University (Sep 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Why we are failing. Princeton Center for Theoretical Sciences (Sep 2012).
  • Paul Davies. The birth of the cosmos: what came before the big bang?. VCU (Aug 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cancer as Metazoa. University of Antofagasta (Jun 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Searching for a Shadow Biosphere. University of the Andes (Jun 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cancer as Metazoa. University of Antofagasta (Jun 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Quantum biology. World Science Festival (Jun 2012).
  • Paul Davies. NASA Astrobiology. NASA Astrobiology Institute Retreat (Jun 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Physics. Physics colloquium speaker at Universidad de los Andes (May 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmology. Oral Roberts Univeristy (Apr 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Physical Science Oncology. Third Annual Physical Science Oncology Center Network Investigators Meeting (Apr 2012).
  • Paul Davies. entrepreneurial conversation on changing the world. Dialog Retreat (Mar 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Templeton. Templeton World Charity Foundation Planning Meeting (Mar 2012).
  • Paul Davies. SETI. SETI: Evening Distinguished Speaker series (Mar 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Study of intelligence in astrobiology. NASA Astrobiology Institute (Feb 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmology. Cosmology Seminar (Feb 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Time Travel: can it really be done?. 2012 Annual SciFi Meets SciFact Lecture by Paul Davies (Jan 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Discussion. Spirit of the Senses (Jan 2012).
  • Paul Davies. State of the Universe Conference. in honor of Stephen Hawking's 70th Birthday (Jan 2012).
  • Paul Davies. NASA. NASA Astrobiology Institute Director's Seminar (Jan 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Interpretive Issues in Cosmology. Workshop (Jan 2012).
  • Paul Davies. Evolution of Complexity. Workshop (Dec 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Footprints of Alien Technology. Science Festival (Nov 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Particle Astrophysicis Seminar. Seminar (Nov 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Royal Society. colloquia (Oct 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Footprints of Alien Technology. 61st Annual International Astronautical Congress (Sep 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Footprints of alien technology. IAC 61st Annual (Sep 2010).
  • Paul Davies. SPIE. SPIE (Aug 2010).
  • Paul Davies. SciFoo Conference. SciFoo/Cancer Conference (Jul 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Are we alone in the universe. The Times Cheltenham Science Festival (Jun 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Causality in Complex System. Workshop (Jun 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Laws of Physics conference. conerence (May 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Detection of extraterrestrial life. The Royal Society Discussion (Jan 2010).
  • Paul Davies. Searching for multiple origins of life. Study Week on Astrobiology; Pontifical Academy of Science (Nov 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Cosmology, ultimate causation and multiverses. Philosophy of Cosmology (Sep 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Why is the Universe just right for life?. Astronomy and Civilization (Aug 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Teleology without telelogy. FQXI International Conference (Jul 2009).
  • Paul Davies. none. Physical Intelligence Workshop; DARPA (Jun 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Nothing:: The subtle science of emptiness. World Science Festival (Jun 2009).
  • Paul Davies. How many Universes are there?. Andrew Cambridege Lecture (May 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Search for life in the universe. Space Telescope Science Institute (May 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Are we alone?. Space Telescope Science Institute May Symposium; NASA by AURA (May 2009).
  • Paul Davies. ET, Where are you?. Big Arts (Apr 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Quantum Weak Measurements in Cosmology. Fifth International School on Field Theory and Gravitation; Brazil (Apr 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Is the life we know the only life there is?. Origins Symposium (Apr 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Is Our Universe Unique, and how can we find out?. Origins Symposium (Apr 2009).
  • Paul Davies. None. Dialog Retreat; Sundance, Utah (Mar 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Shadow Life: Life As We Don't Yet Know It. AAAS- 90 Minute Symposium: Weird Life (Feb 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Workshop on Astrobiology Societal Issues. Workshop on Astrobiology Societal Issues at SETI (Feb 2009).
  • Paul Davies. Biological Systems. First Workshop on Quantum Technology in Biological Systems (Jan 2009).
  • Davies, Paul. "Orgins of the Universe". Skeptics Society Annual Conference (Oct 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Are the laws of nature fine-tuned for life?. New Vision 400 (Oct 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Panel Discussion. Science and the Future of Humanity A discussion forum with Nobel and Templeton Laureates (Oct 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Ultimate Explanations, Turtles and the Nature of the Laws of Physics. A Debate in Cosmology: Multiverse Schedule (Sep 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Searching for a shadow bio-sphere. Science Foo Camp (Aug 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Panspermia and the Shadow Biosphere. The Committee on the Review of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample-Return Missions (Aug 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. What are the laws of physics?. Venice Summer School on Science & Religion (May 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Searching for an alternative form of life on Earth. Dialog (Apr 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. Confronting complexity: cancer at the intersection of physics and biology. Integrating and Leveraging the Physical Sciences to Open a New Frontier in Oncology (Feb 2008).
  • Davies, Paul. A forest of life. Beyond Center Conference: Tree or Forest? Search for Alternate forms of life on earth (Dec 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The next 50 years of physical science. 50 years of New Scientist - Journal 50th aniversary celebration (Dec 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. untitled. Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival Conference (Nov 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Why is the universe just right for life?. Bristol Science Centre (Oct 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Why is the universe just right for life?. Institute for Public Policy Research debate (Oct 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Why is the universe just right for life?. Oxford University Debate (Oct 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Why is the universe just right for life?. The Times Cheltenham Literarature Festival (Oct 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Where do the laws of physics come from?. God, Matter and Information Conference (Aug 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Search for Life in the Universe. SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference (Aug 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Did life come from Mars?. 37th International Physics Olympiad (Jul 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmological horizons and quantum information. Joint Quantum Information Sciences Conference (Jun 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The search for life in the universe. From Stars to Brains (Jun 2006).
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma.
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine. 5th Berlin Biennial of Contemporary Art
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine. Distinguished Lecture in Physics
  • Davies, Paul. Looking for the laws of life. Worl Science Festival
  • Davies, Paul. Nightcap discussion. Future Summit
  • Davies, Paul. Physics of the Impossible. The Beyond Center Science Fact Meets Science Fiction Annual Lecture
  • Davies, Paul. Quantum mechanics and the principle of equivalence. Distringuished Lecture in Physics
  • Davies, Paul. Quantum weak measurements: a generalization of the exponential decay law.
  • Davies, Paul. Taming complexity: opening a new scientific frontier. Future Summit
  • Davies, Paul. The architecture of the universe.
  • Davies, Paul. The architecture of the universe. The Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture
  • Davies, Paul. The big idea. Future Summit
  • Davies, Paul. The future. The Coding, Decoding, Transfer and Translation of Information in Cancer
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks enigma: why is the universe just right for life?. Agora
  • Davies, Paul. The origin and end of the universe. Scottsdale salon
  • Davies, Paul. The origin of the universe.
  • Davies, Paul. What happened before the big bang.
  • Davies, Paul. What happened before the big bang?.
  • Davies, Paul. What Are the Laws of Physics.
  • Davies, Paul. A one-way mission to Mars?. NASA Astrobiology Science Conference
  • Davies, Paul. Aliens under our noses. Spirit of the Senses
  • Davies, Paul. Aliens under our noses.
  • Davies, Paul. Can the universe engineer its own bio-friendliness?. Universe of multiverse?
  • Davies, Paul. Chaired event. 2007 Beyond Annual Lecture
  • Davies, Paul. Chaired event. 2007 Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Award Lecture
  • Davies, Paul. Chaired event. Sci-Fi Meets Sci-Fact
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot.
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot.
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot.
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot.
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. Cosmology and theology
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. Lunchtime lecture series
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot. University of Washington Bookstore Science Series
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot: Why the universe is just right for life. Aharonov Distinguished Lecture Series
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot: Why the universe is just right for life?.
  • Davies, Paul. Did life on Earth come from Mars?. Distinguished Lecture
  • Davies, Paul. Future directions in physics. Vienna Symposium on the Foundations of Modern Physics
  • Davies, Paul. How did the universe come to exist?. San Ysidro Lodge Retreat
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine.
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine.
  • Davies, Paul. How to build a time machine. Saguaro Astronomy Club Anniversay Dinner
  • Davies, Paul. Life in the universe. SPIE Annual Convention on Optics and Photonics
  • Davies, Paul. Mankind's place in the cosmos. Mankind's Place in the Cosmos
  • Davies, Paul. My life as a scientist. Rimini Festival
  • Davies, Paul. Quantum mechanics and the equivalence principle. Four Corners Conference
  • Davies, Paul. Searching for an alternative form of life on Earth. SPIE Annual Convention on Optics and Photonics
  • Davies, Paul. Searching for life on Earth as we don't know it. Emerging Vistas: the New Golden age of Exploration
  • Davies, Paul. Seeking evidence for a second genesis on Earth. Foundational Questions in Science Members Meeting
  • Davies, Paul. Seeking evidence for a second genesis on Earth. LAPLACE Astronomy Group Meeting
  • Davies, Paul. The arrow of time.
  • Davies, Paul. The arrow of time. Distinguished Lecturer in Physics
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma.
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma. A Cosmic Coincidence: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?
  • Davies, Paul. The Goldilocks Enigma: why is the universe just right for life?. Evolution, ET and the Significance of Life in the Universe
  • Davies, Paul. The hidden assumptions of scientific cosmology. Philosophy of cosmology
  • Davies, Paul. The Implications of a Cosmological Information Bound for Complexity, Quantum Information and the Nature of Physical Law. New Kind of Science Annual Conference
  • Davies, Paul. The physics of downward causation. Complexity Theory, Emergence and the Influence of Life on Matter
  • Davies, Paul. The search for an alternative form of life on Earth. Foundational Questions in Science Members Meeting
  • Davies, Paul. Time asymmetry and the laws of physics. The Arrow of Time
  • Davies, Paul. Ultimate limits of technology. Future of Intelligence in the Cosmos
  • Davies, Paul. What are the laws of physics?. Photons, Atoms and Qubits
  • Davies, Paul. Where do the laws of physics come from?. San Marino Symposium

Honors/Awards

Member of the Order of Australia

Nominated Australian of the Year (2002)

Asteroid 1992 OG renamed (6870) Pauldavies

2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas dedicated to Paul Davies

Australian Academy of Science, From Stars to Brains  conference in honour of Daviess 60th Birthday

Academician, International Academy of Astronautics

DSc honoris causa, Macquarie University

DSc honoris causa, Chapman University

DSc honoris causa, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Fellowship of University College London

Designated Regents Professor, Arizona State University

Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics

Fellow, American Physical Society

Fellow, UK Institute of Physics

Chartered Physicist (CPhys), UK Institute of Physics

Fellow, Royal Literary Society

Member, Royal Society of Medicine

The Templeton Prize

Michael Faraday Award of The Royal Society

Kelvin Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics

Robinson Cosmology Prize

Advance Australia Award for outstanding contributions to science

Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science in Australia

Eureka Book Prize

Templeton - CTNS Book Prize

Klumpke-Roberts Prize, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Trotter Prize, Texas A & M University

American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award

Bicentenary Medal of Chile

Patron, the Gravity Discovery Centre, Western Australia

The Demon in the Machine named Book of the Year by UK Institute of Physics (2019)

Professional Associations

Board of Advisors, Leverhulme Quantum Biology Centre, University of Surrey

Board of Trustees, Templeton World Charity Foundation

Grants and Programs Committee, Templeton World Charity Foundation

Board of Advisors, Templeton World Charity Foundation

Board of Advisors, John Templeton Foundation

Advisory Committee, Breakthrough Listen  

Advisory Board, Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement, Dartmouth College

Editorial Board, Oncogene (journal)

Editorial Board, Astrobiology (journal)

Visiting Professor of Physics, UNSW

PLuS Alliance Fellow

Service

Presentations at:

  • PyeongChang Forum (South Korea)
  • Copernicus Festival (Krakow)
  • HowTheLightGetsIn
  • New Scientist Live (London)
  • Bendigo Writers Festival
  • Adelaide Festival
  • Cheltenham Festival (United Kingdom)
  • Edinburgh Science Festival
  • Hay-on-Wye Festival (United Kingdom)
  • Melbourne Writers Festival
  • Northern Rivers Writers Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
  • Salamanca Writers Festival (Hobart)
  • Spoleto Festival (Italy)

Expertise Areas