Paul Davies, Author, Paul Davies, Author . Viking $19.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-670-03063-7
Is time travel possible? If so, what manner of machine would one need to traverse this fourth dimension? Covering ground similar to J. Richard Gott's Time Travel in Einstein's Universe, this slim, tongue-in-cheek treatise invokes the primary
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Paul Davies, Author, Paul Davies, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-684-83799-4
With ease and charm, and without dumbing down the pertinent technical and philosophical issues, popular-science writer Davies (Are We Alone?: The Philosophical Basis of the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, etc.) combines research results from...
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Paul Davies, Author, Paul Davies, Author Simon & Schuster $24 (320p) ISBN 978-0-671-79964-9
Australian physicist and popular science writer Davies (God and the New Physics) takes readers on a mind-expanding journey as he explores the bizarre properties of Einstein's relative, flexible time; modern cosmology's assertion that time originated
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Paul Davies, Author, Paul Davies, Author, P. C. W. Davies, Author Simon & Schuster $15 (320p) ISBN 978-0-684-81822-1
Australian scientist Davies's accessible account of Einstein's theory of relativity and of current scientific theories regarding the nature of time. (Apr.)
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Paul Davies, Author, Paul Davies, Author, P. C. W. Davies, Author Basic Books $20 (176p) ISBN 978-0-465-00418-8
This bite-size volume for the nonscientist reviews fact and speculation concerning the possible existence of extraterrestrial life. In the process, Davies (The Mind of God) explores metaphysical arguments and attitudes that would be affected by...
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Paul Davies, Author, Paul Davies, Author, John R. Gribbin, With Simon & Schuster $24.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-72840-3
Recent breakthroughs in physics are causing a revolution in how scientists view the universe, according to Davies ( The Cosmic Blueprint ) and Gribbin ( In Search of the Big Bang ). The authors survey the discoveries that have caused this shift from
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Paul Davies, Author . Houghton Mifflin $26 (315p) ISBN 978-0-618-59226-5
With an articulate blend of science, metaphysics and philosophy—and a dash of religion—physicist and cosmologist Davies discusses the implications of the fact that the conditions of our universe are "just right" for life to exist:
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Paul Davies, Author Insomniac Press $13.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-895837-66-7
From a well-traveled, much-published (nine books) Canadian writer, who has tried his hand at a bewildering number of careers, comes a candid, intelligent and splendidly droll little autobiographical novel. In 108 short chapters, or ""thoughts,"" the
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Paul Davies, Author . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $27 (241p) ISBN 978-0-547-13324-9
In what has become known as Fermi's Paradox, the great nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi once asked, if there are aliens out there, where is everybody? After 50 years of looking, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project has...
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Paul Davies. Univ. of Chicago, $22.50 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-226-81629-6
Lessons in cosmology and astrophysics abound in this enthusiastic primer from physicist Davies (The Demon in the Machine). In answering 30 questions, Davies aims to show how “beautiful and awe-inspiring” the world is. Some of his topics are familiar:
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