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Paul Davies

1946 - Today

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Paul Charles William Davies (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor in Arizona State University and director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies in Chapman University in California. He previously held academic appointments in the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide and Macquarie University. His research interests are in the fields of cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Davies is the 527th most popular physicist (up from 558th in 2019), the 2,715th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,694th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Paul Davies ranks 527 out of 851. Before him are Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, David J. Griffiths, Ole Worm, John Leslie, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, and George Volkoff. After him are Giovanni Poleni, Fabiola Gianotti, Heinz von Foerster, Leonid Mandelstam, Vikram Sarabhai, and Gustave Trouvé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Paul Davies ranks 351. Before him are Zhang Gaoli, Roland Sandberg, Álvaro Arzú, Yuko Shimizu, Roy Thomas Baker, and Ralph Gonsalves. After him are Blake Clark, Jiří Bělohlávek, Mart Siimann, Joel Camargo, Kirsti Sparboe, and Ian McDonald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Davies ranks 2,716 out of 8,785. Before him are Ford Madox Ford (1873), Simon Callow (1949), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Joss Ackland (1928), Joe Spence (1898), and E. Nesbit (1858). After him are Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Willehad (735), Charles Boycott (1832), Julia McKenzie (1941), and John Paul Jones (1747).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Paul Davies ranks 58. Before him are John Canton (1718), John Houghton (1931), Alfred Ewing (1855), Frederick Guthrie (1833), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), and John Leslie (1766). After him are William Robert Grove (1811), Joseph Larmor (1857), Gilbert Walker (1868), John Robison (1739), William Astbury (1898), and Ernest Marsden (1889).

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