| Brian Davies | |
| Birth Name: | Edward Brian Davies |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1944 |
| Workplaces: | University of Oxford King's College London |
| Alma Mater: | St John's College, Oxford (Ph.D., 1965) |
| Doctoral Advisor: | David Edwards |
| Doctoral Students: | David E. Evans |
| Prizes: | Senior Berwick Prize (1998)[1] Pólya Prize (2011) |
Edward Brian Davies (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]
. E. Brian Davies . Quantum Theory of Open Systems. . Academic Press . 1976 . 0-12-206150-0.
. E. Brian Davies . One-Parameter Semigroups . London Math. Soc. Monograph series . Academic Press . 1980 . 0-12-206280-9.
. E. Brian Davies . Heat Kernels and Spectral Theory . Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics . 92 . Cambridge University Press . 1989 . 0-521-36136-2. [4]
. E. Brian Davies . Spectral Theory and Differential Operators . Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics . 42 . Cambridge University Press . 1995 . 0-521-47250-4.
. E. Brian Davies . Safarov . Y. . Spectral Theory and Geometry . London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Series . 273 . Cambridge University Press . 1999 . 0-521-77749-6.
. E. Brian Davies . Science in the Looking Glass . Oxford University Press . 2003 . 0-19-852543-5 . registration .
. E. Brian Davies . Linear Operators and their Spectra . Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics . 106 . Cambridge University Press . 2007 . 978-0-521-86629-3.
. E. Brian Davies . Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on the Nature of Science . Oxford University Press . 2010 . 978-0-19-958620-2.