W. Sumner Davis
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Dr. W. Sumner Davis is an American writer, historian, educator and essayist. He was born in 1960 in Waterville, Maine
W. Sumner Davis, born William Sumner Davis, Jr. is the author of several books on social and science history including the controversial Heretics, the natural history primer Losing Faith and the pseudoscience bashing Just Smoke and Mirrors. He is an outspoken critic of the world's governments and their handling of global warming. He has appeared on a number of national and international radio programs discussing the dwindling natural resources and the wastefulness of modern societies. Dr Davis early life was heavily influenced by the late Dr. Carl Sagan whom Davis's writing seems to mirror in not only substance but also style. Like Sagan, Davis is an outspoken critic of many nations use of nuclear arms; his essay A Model of Thermonuclear Extinction has been widely reprinted since original publication in 2002. His latest book "A Grain of Sand" mirrors Sagan's belief that humanity is but one "voice" in a "cosmic chorus." A severe Dyslexic, Davis did not learn to read until age eleven, and has become an ouspoken proponent of Alternative educational programs and a critic of many Public School Systems.
Davis attended the University of Maine, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology before entering Springfield College, where he received a Masters in social psychology. Dr. Davis went on to study Theology at Bangor Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Divinity in Western Theological History and Languages, eventually transferring to Freedom Seminary, Washington DC where he earned a ThD in Medieval Christian History graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2000. Davis has taught undergraduate sciences including astronomy, as well as religious history, western philosophy and world history. Dr. Davis is a member and contributor of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and the American Geophysical Union. Davis teaches undergraduate Astronomy at his own Observatory in Maine.
