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Edward Brian Davies was a professor of Mathematics, King's College London (1981–2010), and was the author of the popular science book Science in the Looking Glass: What do Scientists Really Know. In 2010, he was awarded a Gauss Lecture by the German Mathematical Society. ...more

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	Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on the Nature of Science 3.69 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Science in the Looking Glass: What Do Scientists Really Know? 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectral Theory and Differential Operators (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 42) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Linear Operators and their Spectra (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 106) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectral Theory and Geometry (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, Series Number 273) by E. Brian Davies (Editor), Yuri Safarov (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum theory of open systems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is important to distinguish between reductionism as a philosophical posi-
tion (or world-view) and as a methodology. Reductionism in the former
sense is now regarded as the antithesis of religious belief, so it is rather
ironic that it owes its origins to the mechanical philosophy of René
Descartes, who was a devout Catholic.”
― E. Brian Davies, Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on the Nature of Science

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