Edward Brian Davies (born 13 June 1944) is a former professor of Mathematics,

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

(1981–2010), and is the author of the

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book ''Science in the Looking Glass: What do Scientists Really Know''. In 2010, he was awarded a Gauss Lecture by the

German Mathematical Society The German Mathematical Society (, DMV) is the main professional society of German mathematicians and represents German mathematics within the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU). It was founded in ...

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Brian Davies' King's College London Home Page

''Full proof? Let's trust it to the black box'' Times Higher Education 1 September 2006

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Colva Roney-Dougal Colva Mary Roney-Dougal is a British mathematician specializing in group theory and computational algebra. She is Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, and the Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in ...

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