E. Brian Davies
Edward Brian Davies is Professor of Mathematics, King's College London (1981–), and author of the popular science book Science in the Looking Glass: What do Scientists Really Know.
Education
Davies was schooled in Wales where his father was a teacher of mathematics. He went on to graduate with a first class degree from University of Oxford where he stayed to complete his D.Phil with thesis Some Problems in Functional Analysis in 1968.
Teaching
Davies has spent his teaching career at the University of Oxford and then King's College London teaching mathematical analysis to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. He was appointed the Head of the Department of Mathematics at the college from 1990 to 1993.
Publications
Books
- Davies, E. Brian (1976). Quantum Theory of Open Systems.. Academic Press. ISBN 0122061500.
- Davies, E.B. (1980). One-Parameter Semigroups. London Math. Soc. Monograph series. Academic Press. ISBN 0122062809.
- Davies, E.B. (1989). Heat Kernels and Spectral Theory. Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics. 92. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521361362.
- Davies, E.B. (1995). Spectral Theory and Differential Operators. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. 42. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521472504.
- Davies, E.B.; Safarov, Y. (1999). Spectral Theory and Geometry. London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Series. 273. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521777496.
- Davies, E.B. (2003). Science in the Looking Glass. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198525435.
- Davies, E.B. (2007). Linear Operators and their Spectra. Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. 106. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866293.
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