Paul Davies was born in London in 1946, and obtained a doctorate from University College London in 1970. He held academic appointments at Cambridge and London Universities until, at the age of 34, he was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. From 1990 until 1996 he was Professor of Mathematical Physics, and later Natural Philosophy, at The University of Adelaide. He currently holds the positions of Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, although he remains based in South Australia, where he runs a science, media and publishing consultancy called Orion Productions.
Professor Davies has published over 100 research papers in specialist journals, in the fields of cosmology, gravitation, and quantum field theory, with particular emphasis on black holes and the origin of the universe. His monograph Quantum Fields in Curved Space, co-authored with former student Nicholas Birrell, remains a seminal text in the field of quantum gravity. Davies is also interested in the nature of time, high-energy particle physics, the foundations of quantum mechanics, the origin of life and the nature of consciousness. He was nominated as one of Australia's ten most creative people by The Bulletin in December 1996.
Davies's commitment to bringing science to the wider public includes a heavy program of public lecturing in Australia, Europe and the United States. In addition to addressing scientific topics, Davies also lectures to religious organizations around the world, and has had meetings with the Pope and the Dalai Lama. He frequently debates science and religion with theologians.
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