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Curriculum VitaePaul C.W. DaviesBeyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in ScienceArizona State Universityhttp://beyond.asu.eduP.O. Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85287-1504(480) 727-0774 Fax: 480 965 7954deepthought@asu.eduNationality: British & AustralianEducation/degreesBSc First Class in Physics, University College London, 1967Ph.D, Physics Department, University College London, 1970DSc honoris causa, Macquarie University, Sydney (2006)DSc honoris causa, Chapman University, California (2009)Professional AppointmentsCurrent: Regents’ Professor, Arizona State University (Since 2012)Professor of Physics, Arizona State University (Since 2006)Director, Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, ArizonaState University (Since 2006)Principal Investigator, Center for the Convergence of Physical Scienceand Cancer Biology, Arizona State University (Since 2009)Visiting Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial CollegeLondon (Since 2014)Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, University of Queensland(Since 1998)2001 – 2006: Professor of Natural Philosophy, Macquarie University1993 – 1997: Professor of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, The University ofAdelaide1990 – 1993: Professor of Mathematical Physics, The University of Adelaide1980 – 1990: Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne1972 – 1980: Lecturer in Mathematics, King's College, University of London1970 – 1972: Research Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University ofCambridgeProfessional organizationsMember, International Academy of Astronautics

Fellow, American Physical SocietyFellow, UK Institute of PhysicsChartered Physicist (CPhys), UK Institute of PhysicsFellow, Australian Institute of PhysicsFellow, Royal Literary SocietyHonorary Fellow, Indian Astronomical SocietyHonorary Fellow of the Singapore Institute of PhysicsMember, New York Academy of SciencesMember, Foundational Questions InstituteMember, International Society for Science and ReligionAwards and honorsInternational Academy of Astronautics (2014)Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University (2012)Robinson Cosmology Prize (2011)Fellowship of University College London (2011)Bicentenary Medal of Chile (2011)Klumpke-Roberts Prize, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2011)DSc honoris causa, Chapman University, California (2009)Member of the Order of Australia (2007)DSc honoris causa, Macquarie University, Sydney (2006)Trotter Prize, Texas A & M University (2004)Wilbur Award for religious-themed media, USA (2004)J.K. Russell Fellowship, CTNS, Berkeley (2003)American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award (2003)Michael Faraday Award, The Royal Society (2002)Nomination, Australian of the Year (2002)Kelvin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, UK (2001)The Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (1995)Templeton - CTNS Book Prize (1995)Advance Australia Award for outstanding contributions to science (1993)Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science (Australia) (1992)Eureka Book Prize (Australia) (1991)Glaxo Science Writers Fellowship (UK) (1983)Asteroid 1992 OG renamed (6870) PauldaviesFull List of PublicationsBooksThe Eerie Silence: are we alone in the universe?Penguin Press (2010)The Goldilocks Enigma: why is the universe just right for life?Allen Lane, the Penguin Press (2006)

Published in hardcover in the USA by Houghton Mifflin under the title Cosmic Jackpot (April 2007)How to Build a Time MachinePenguin/Viking (2001)More Big Questions(with Phillip Adams)Penguin Australia (1998)One Universe or Many Universes?Di Renzo Editore (1998)The Fifth Miracle: the search for the origin of lifeAllan Lane (1998)Simon & Schuster (1998)Revised ed. published under the title The Origin of Life, Penguin (2003)Are We Alone? The philosophical basis of the search for extraterrestrial lifeBasic Books (1995)Penguin (1995)The Big Questions(with Phillip Adams)Penguin Australia (1996)About Time: Einstein's unfinished revolutionSimon & Schuster (1995)Viking (1995)Quantum Mechanics, second edition(with D. Betts)Chapman & Hall (1994)The Last Three MinutesBasic Books (1994)Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1994)The Mind of GodSimon & Schuster, (1992)Penguin (1993)The Matter Myth(with J. Gribbin)Simon & Schuster (1991)Penguin (1991)Superstrings: a theory of everything?(with J.R. Brown)Cambridge University Press (1988)The Cosmic BlueprintHeinemann (1987)Simon & Schuster (1988)

Revised edition, Templeton Foundation Press (2004)FireballHeinemann (1987)The Ghost in the Atom(with J.R. Brown)Cambridge University Press (1986); Canto edition (1993)Quantum MechanicsRoutledge & Kegan Paul (1984)SuperforceHeinemann (1984)Simon & Schuster (1983)God and the New PhysicsJ.M. Dent (1983)Simon & Schuster (1983)Quantum Fields in Curved Space (with N.D. Birrell)Cambridge University Press (1982)The Accidental UniverseCambridge University Press (1982)The Edge of InfinityJ.M. Dent (1981)Simon & Schuster (1981)Revised ed. Penguin (1994)The Search for Gravity WavesCambridge University Press (1980)Other WorldsJ.M. Dent (1980)Simon & Schuster (1980)The Forces of NatureCambridge University Press (1979)Second ed. (1986)The Runaway UniverseJ.M. Dent (1978)Harper & Row (1978)Fontana (under the title Stardoom 1979)Space and Time in the Modern UniverseCambridge University Press (1977)The Physics of Time AsymmetrySurrey University Press (1974)University of California Press (1974)

Books editedComplexity and the Arrow of Time(with C.H. Lineweaver and M. Ruse)Cambridge University Press (2013)A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet(with D. Schulze-Makuch, Cosmology)Science Publishers (2011)Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics(with Niels Henrik Gregersen)Cambridge University Press (2010)Quantum Aspects of Life(with Derek Abbott and Arun Pati)Imperial College Press (2008)Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIV(with Richard Hoover, Gilbert Levin and Alexei Rozanov)SPIE Publications (2007)Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology X(with Richard Hoover, Gilbert Levin and Alexei Rozanov)SPIE Publications (2007)The Re-Emergence of Emergence(with Philip Clayton)Oxford University Press (2006)Science and Ultimate Reality(with John D. Barrow & Charles Harper)Cambridge University Press (2004)The New PhysicsCambridge University Press (1989)Audio booksThe Last Three MinutesOrion Audio BooksOrion Media (London)The Big QuestionsLouis Braille BooksSouth Yarra, Vic., AustraliaForewords, prefaces and introductions to the following books

Complexity and the Arrow of Time, with C. H. Lineweaver and M. Ruse, CambridgeUniversity Press (2013).A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet, P. Davies and D. Schulze-Makuch(Eds.), Cosmology Science Publishers (2011).Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics, with N. H. Gregersen,Cambridge University Press (2010).Thinking About Gödel and Turing: Essays on complexity, 1970-2007 by Gregory Chaitin,Singapore: World Scientific (2007).The Parallel Bang by Jack Bacon, Houston: Normandy House (2006).The Re-Emergence of Emergence, P. Clayton (Ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press (2006).Fred Hoyle: A life in science by Simon Mitton, London: Arum Press (2005).To Mars and Beyond: Search for the Origins of Life, Sydney: Art Exhibitions Australia (2001).The God Experiment by Russell Stannard, New Jersey: Paulist Press (2000).The Search for Life on Mars by Malcolm Walter, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (1999).Eclipse by Duncan Steel, London: Headline (1999).Wizards of Oz by Peter Spinks, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (1999).Ball Lightning—An Unsolved Problem in Atmospheric Physics by Mark Stenhoff, New York:Kluwer/Plenum (1999).Sharing the Universe by Seth Shostak, Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Books (1998).Patterns in the Sand by Terry Bossomaier and David Green, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (1998).Ripples on a Cosmic Sea by David Blair and Geoff McNamara, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (1997).Cosmic Bullets by Roger Clay & Bruce Dawson, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (1997).Quantum Technology by Gerard Milburn, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (1996).Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley (1995).Riddles in Your Teacup by Partha Ghose and Dipankar Home, Bristol: Institute of PhysicsPublishing (1994).

The Character of Physical Law by Richard Feynman, London: Penguin (1992).Physics and Philosophy by Werner Heisenberg, London: Penguin (1989).Research papers in peer-reviewed professional journals1. ‘Quantum Non-Barking Dogs,’ with S. Walker, P. Samantray and Y. Aharonov, NewJournal of Physics, [in the press] (2014).2. ‘Targeting cancer’s weaknesses (not its strengths): Therapeutic strategies suggested by theatavistic model,’ in Bioessays 36 (2014).3. ‘Implications of read-write genomics for cancer biology,’ Physics of Life Reviews 10, 338(2013).4. ‘Destination Mars: colonization via initial one-way missions,’ with D. Schulze-Makuch,Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 66, 11 (2013).5. ‘The nature of the laws of physics and their mysterious bio-friendliness,’ Euresis Journal5, 117 (2013).6. ‘Self-organization and entropy production in a living cell,’ with E. Rieper and J. A.Tuszynski, BioSystems 111, 1 (2013).7. ‘The algorithmic origins of life,’ with S. I. Walker, Journal of the Royal Society Interface10, 869 (2012).8. ‘Evolutionary transitions and top-down causation,’ with L. Cisneros and S. I. Walker,Proceedings of Artificial Life XIII, 283 (2012).9. ‘Cosmological bounds on tachyonic neutrinos,’ with I. G. Moss, Astroparticle Physics 35,679 (2012).10. ‘Implications of quantum metabolism and natural selection for the origin of cancer cells andtumor progression,’ with L. A. Demetrius and J. A. Tuszynski, AIP Advances 2, 11101(2012).11. ‘Isotropic 3D nuclear morphometry of normal, fibrocystic and malignant breast epithelialcells reveals novel structural alterations,’ with V. Nandakumar, L. Kelbauskas, K.Hernandez, K. Lintecum, P. Senechal, K. Bussey, R. Johnson and D. Meldrum, PLoS ONE,(2012).12. ‘Searching for alien artifacts on the moon,’ with R.V. Wagner, Acta Astronautica, (2011).13. ‘Cancer as a dynamical phase transition,’ with L. Demetrius and J. A. Tuszynski,Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 8, 30 (2011).

14. ‘Epigenetics and top-down causation,’ Journal of the Royal Society Interface 2, 42 (2011).15. ‘'Footprints of alien technology,’ Acta Astronautica 4, 185 (2011).16. ‘AFM stiffness nanotomography of normal, metaplastic and dysplastic human esophagealcells,’ with A. Fuhrmann, J. R. Staunton, V. Nandakumar, N. Banyai and R. Ros, PhysicalBiology 8, 015007 (2011).17. ‘Response to comments on 'A bacterium that can grow by using arsenic instead ofphosphorous,’ with F. Wolfe-Simon, J. S. Blum, T. R. Kulp, G. W. Gordon, S. E. Hoeft, J.Pett-Ridge, J. F. Stolz, S. M. Webb, P. K. Weber, A. D. Anbar and R. S. Oremland, Science332, 1163 (2011).18. ‘Cancer tumors as metazoa 1.0: tapping genes of ancient ancestors’ with C. H.Lineweaver, Physical Biology 8, (2011).19. ‘Searching for a shadow biosphere on earth as a test of the ‘cosmic imperative,’Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society A 369, 624 (2011).20. ‘A bacterium that can grow by using arsenic instead of phosphorous’ with F. WolfeSimon, J. S. Blum, T. R. Kulp, G. W. Gordon, S. E. Hoeft, J. Pett-Ridge, J. F. Stolz, S. M.Webb, P. K. Weber, A. D. Anbar and R. S.Oremland, Science 332, 1163 (2011).21. ‘To boldly go: a one-way human mission to Mars’ with D. Schulze-Makuch, Journal ofCosmology 12, 189 (2010).22. ‘Time-dependent quantum weak values: decay law for post-selected states,’ Physical ReviewA 79, 032103 (2009).23. ‘Signatures of a shadow biosphere’ with S. Benner, C. Cleland, C. Lineweaver, C. McKayand F. Wolfe-Simon, Astrobiology 9, 2 (2009).24. ‘Did nature also choose arsenic?’ with A. Anbar and F. Wolfe-Simon, International Journalof Astrobiology 8, 69 (2009).25. ‘Constraints on the value of the fine-structure constant from gravitational thermodynamics,’International Journal of Theoretical Physics 47, 1949 (2008).26. ‘The implications of a cosmological information bound for complexity, quantuminformation and the nature of physical law,’ Fluctuation and Noise Letters 7, L391 (2007).27. ‘Searching for a second sample of life on Earth,’ with C. H. Lineweaver, Astrobiology 5,154 (2005).28. ‘Quantum vacuum friction,’ Journal of Optics B 7, S40 (2005).

29. ‘Quantum tunneling time,’ American Journal of Physics 73(1), 73 (2005).30. ‘A quantum recipe for life,’ Nature 437, 819 (2005).31. ‘Emergent biological principles and the computational resources of the universe,’Complexity 10(2), 1 (2004).32. ‘Does quantum mechanics play a non-trivial role in life?’ BioSystems 78, 69 (2004).33. ‘Transit time of a quantum particle in free fall,’ Classical and Quantum Gravity 21, 5677(2004).34. ‘Quantum mechanics and the equivalence principle,’ Classical and Quantum Gravity 21,2761 (2004).35. ‘Multiverse cosmological models,’ Modern Physics Letters A 19, 727 (2004).36. ‘Tachyonic dark matter,’ International Journal of Theoretical Physics 43, 141 (2004).37. ‘Does life’s rapid appearance imply an extraterrestrial origin?’ Astrobiology 4, 673 (2004).38. ‘Black hole versus cosmological horizon entropy,’ with T. M. Davis and C. Lineweaver,Classical and Quantum Gravity 20, 2753 (2003).39. ‘How bio-friendly is the universe?’ International Journal of Astrobiology 2, 1 (2003).40. ‘How far can the generalized second law be generalized?’ with T.M. Davis, Foundations ofPhysics 32, 1877 (2003).41. ‘Order from disorder: the role of noise in creative processes,’ with D. Abbott and C. R.Shalizi, Fluctuation and Noise Letters 2(4), C1 (2002).42. ‘Cosmology: black holes constrain varying constants,’ with T.M. Davis and C. Lineweaver,Nature 418, 602 (2002).43. ‘Detection of negative energy: I. 4-dimensional examples,’ with A. Ottewill, Physical ReviewD 65, 104014-1 (2002).44. ‘Quantum vacuum noise in physics and cosmology,’ Chaos 11(3), 1 (2001).45. ‘The origin of life II: how did it begin?’ Science Progress 8, 17 (2001).46. ‘The origin of life I: when and where did it begin?’ Science Progress 8, 1 (2001).47. ‘Did earthlife come from mars?’ The Observatory 119, 310 (1999).

48. ‘Einstein’s greatest mistake?’ Astrophysics and Space Science 244, 219 (1996).49. ‘The rotating quantum vacuum,’ with T. Dray and C. Manogue, Physical Review D 53, 4382(1996).50. ‘Time-symmetric cosmology and the opacity of the future light cone,’ with J. Twamley,Classical and Quantum Gravity 10, 931 (1993).51. ‘Can you beat the clock?’ Physics World, 7 (1993).52. ‘Quantum vacuum instability near rotating stars,’ with A. L. Matacz and A. C. Ottewill,Physical Review D 47, 1557 (1993).53. ‘A cosmological dissipative structure,’ International Journal of Theoretical Physics 28, 1051(1989).54. ‘Thermodynamic phase transitions of Kerr-Newman black holes in de Sitter space,’ Classicaland Quantum Gravity 6, 1 (1989).55. ‘Journey through a black hole,’ with I. G. Moss, Classical and Quantum Gravity 6, L173,(1989).56. ‘Particle detector response near static reflecting boundaries,’ with X. Liu and A. Ottewill,Classical and Quantum Gravity 6, 1041 (1989).57. ‘Cosmological event horizons, entropy and quantum particles,’ Annales de l’Institut HenriPoincaré 49(3), 297 (1988).58. ‘Cosmological horizons and entropy,’ Classical and Quantum Gravity 5, 1349 (1988).59. ‘Quantum gravitational effects near cosmic strings,’ with V. Sahni, Classical and QuantumGravity 5, 1 (1988).60. ‘Cosmological horizons and the generalized second law of thermodynamics,’ Classical andQuantum Gravity 4, L225-L228 (1987).61. ‘The anthropic principle,’ Postepy Fizyki 37, 213 (1986).62. ‘Gravitational entropy: beyond the black hole,’ with D. N. Page and L. H. Ford, PhysicalReview D 34, 1700 (1986).63. ‘Measurement of the velocity of a Dirac particle,’ Journal of Physics A 19, 2114 (1986).64. ‘Boundary effects and the massless limit of the photon,’ with D. J. Toms, Physical Review D31, 1363 (1985).

65. ‘Inflation in the universe and time asymmetry,’ Nature 312, 524 (1984).66. ‘Mining the universe,’ Physical Review D 30, 737 (1984).67. ‘Acceleration radiation in a compact space,’ with E. Copeland and K. Hinton, Classical andQuantum Gravity 1, 179 (1984).68. ‘The anthropic principle,’ Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 10, 1 (1983).69. ‘Accelerated observers to not detect isotropic thermal radiation,’ with K. Hinton and J.Pfautsch, Physics Letters B 120, 88 (1983).70. ‘Inflation and time asymmetry in the universe,’ Nature 301, 398 (1983).71. ‘Spontaneously generated gravity and the second law of thermodynamics,’ Physics Letters B110, 111 (1982).72. ‘Can moving mirrors violate the second law of thermodynamics?’ Physics Letters B 113, 215(1982).73. ‘Broken symmetry theories of gravity and implications for cosmology,’ with R. Critchley andG. Kennedy, Physics Letters B 112, 331 (1982).74. ‘Quantum theory and the equivalence principle,’ with J. Fang, Proceedings of the RoyalSociety A 381, 569 (1982).75. ‘An exactly soluble moving-mirror problem,’ with W. R. Walker, Journal of Physics A 15,L477 (1982).76. ‘The anthropic principle and the early universe,’ Mercury 10, 66 (1981).77. ‘Why is the cosmological constant so small?’ with S.D. Unwin, Proceedings of the RoyalSociety A 377, 147 (1981).78. ‘Gauge theories, black hole evaporation and cosmic censorship,’ Physics Letters B 101, 399(1981).79. ‘Quantum vacuum energy and the masslessness of the photon,’ with S. D. Unwin, PhysicsLetters B 98, 274 (1981).80. ‘Massive particle production in anisotropic space-times,’ with N. D. Birrell Journal ofPhysics A 13, 2109 (1980).81. ‘Conformal symmetry breaking and cosmological particle creation,’ with N. D. Birrell,Physical Review D 22, 322 (1980).

82. ‘Effects of field interactions upon particle creation in Robertson-Walker universes,’ with N.D. Birrell and L. H. Ford, Journal of Physics A 13, 961 (1980).83. ‘Perturbation technique for quantum stress tensors in a general Robertson-Walker spacetime,’ with W. G. Unruh, Physical Review D 20, 388 (1979).84. ‘Thermodynamic theory of black holes,’ Reports on Progress in Physics 41, 1313 (1979).85. ‘Massless Thirring model in curved space; thermal states and conformal anomaly,’ with N.D. Birrell, Physical Review D 18, 4408 (1978).86. ‘On falling through a black hole into another universe,’ with N. D. Birrell, Nature 272, 35(1978).87. ‘Non-conformal renormalized stress tensors in Robertson-Walker space-times,’ with T. S.Bunch, Journal of Physics A 11, 1315 (1978).88. ‘Equivalence of massless boson and fermion theories in curved two dimensional space-time:Sugawara stress tensor,’ Journal of Physics A 11, 179 (1978).89. ‘Quantum field theory in de Sitter space; renormalization by point splitting,’ with T. S.Bunch, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 360, 117 (1978).90. ‘Energy-momentum tensor of a massless scalar quantum field in a Robertson-Walkeruniverse,’ with S. A. Fulling, S. M. Christensen and T. S. Bunch, Annals of Physics 109, 108(1977).91. ‘Singularity avoidance and quantum conformal anomalies,’ Physics Letters B 68, 402 (1977).92. ‘Covariant point-splitting regularization for a scalar quantum field in a Robertson-Walkeruniverse with spatial curvature,’ with T. S. Bunch, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 357,381 (1977).93. ‘Stress tensor and conformal anomalies for massless fields in a Robertson-Walker universe,’with T. S. Bunch, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 356, 569 (1977).94. ‘Neutrino stress tensor regularization in two-dimensional space-time,’ with W. G. Unruh,Proceedings of the Royal Society A 356, 259 (1977).95. ‘Radiation from moving mirrors and from black holes,' Proceedings of the Royal Society A356, 237 (1977).96. ‘Quantum vacuum stress without regularization in two-dimensional space-time,’ Proceedingsof the Royal Society 354, 529 (1977).97. ‘Quantum vacuum energy in two-dimensional space-times,’ with S. A. Fulling, Proceedings

of the Royal Society A 354, 59 (1977).98. ‘The thermodynamic theory of black holes,' Proceedings of the Royal Society A 353, 499(1977).99. ‘Black hole thermodynamics and time asymmetry,’ Monthly Notices of the RoyalAstonomical Society 177, 179 (1976).100. ‘On the origin of black hole evaporation radiation,’ Proceedings of the Royal Society A351, 129 (1976).101. ‘Energy-momentum tensor near an evaporating black hole,’ with S. A. Fulling and W. G.Unruh, Physical Review D 13, 2720 (1976).102.‘Weak interaction in the big bang,’ Nature 259, 157 (1976).103.‘Radiation from a moving mirror in two-dimensional space-time; conformal anomaly,’ withS. A. Fulling, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 348, 393 (1976).104.‘Some cosmological consequences of imaginary mass,’ Nuovo Cimento 25, 571 (1975).105. ‘Scalar particle production in Schwarzschild and Rindler metrics,’ Journal of Physics A 8,609 (1975).106. ‘On recent experiments to detect advanced radiation,’ Journal of Physics A 8, 272 (1975).107. ‘Second law of thermodynamics,’ Nature 248, 366 (1974).108. ‘Do black holes really explode?’ with J. G. Taylor, Nature 250, 37 (1974).109. ‘The thermal future of the universe,’ Monthly Notices of the Royal Astonomical Society 161,1 (1973).110. ‘Closed time as an explanation of the black body background radiation,’ Nature PhysicalScience 240, 3 (1972).111.‘Is the universe transparent or opaque?’ Journal of Physics A 5, 1722 (1972).112. ‘Time variation of the coupling constants,’ Journal of Physics A 5, 1296 (1972).113. ‘Extension of Wheeler-Feynman quantum theory to the relativistic domain: II-Emissionprocesses,’ Journal of Physics A 5, 1025 (1972).114. ‘Extension of Wheeler-Feynman quantum theory to the relativistic domain: I-Scatteringprocesses,’ Journal of Physics A 4, 836 (1971).

115. ‘Charged particle creation in cosmology,’ Nuovo Cimento 6B, 16 (1971).116.‘A quantum theory of Wheeler-Feynman electrodynamics,’ Proceedings of the CambridgePhilosophical Society 68, 751 (1970).117.‘Hoyle-Narlikar theory of gravitation,’ Nature 228, 270 (1970).118.‘Radiation damping in the optical continuum,’ with M. J. Seaton, Journal of Physics B2, 757(1969).119. ‘Cosmology and electrodynamics,’ Nature 224, 1102 (1969).Chapters in books and conference proceedings, and published lecturesChapters in books and conference proceedings, and published lectures1. ‘Quantum weak measurements and cosmology,’ in D. C. Struppa and J. M. Tollaksen(Ed.), Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story, Springer, p. 101 (2014).2. ‘Self-referencing cellular automata: A model of the evolution of information control inbiological systems,’ with T.P. Pavlic, A.M. Adams and S.I. Walker, Proceedings of theFourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems,(2014).3. ‘Directionality principles from cancer to cosmology,’ in C. H. Lineweaver, P. C. W.Davies and M. Ruse (Ed.), Complexity and the Arrow of Time, Cambridge UniversityPress, p. 19 (2013).4. ‘Afterword,’ in J. Benford and G. Benford (Ed.), Starship Century: Toward the GrandestHorizon, Microwave Sciences, p. 301 (2013).5.‘Multiverse cosmology,’ in D. G. York, O. Gingerich and S. N. Zhang (Ed.), TheAstronomy Revolution: 400 years of exploring the cosmos, Taylor and Francis Group, p.331 (2012).6.‘Towards a theory of life,’ with S.A. Benner, in C. Impey J. Lunine and J. Funes (Ed.),Frontiers of Astrobiology, Cambridge University Press, p. 25 (2012).7.‘Aurora – the first Martian – a vision of colonial life on the red planet,’ with D. SchulzeMakuch, in Paul Davies & Dirk Schulze-Makuch (Eds.) A One Way Mission to Mars:Colonizing the Red Planet, Cosmology Science Publishers, p. 365 (2011).8. ‘How mathematics is surprisingly useful in understanding the Universe,’ in George andthe Big Bang by Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking Doubleday, p. 202 (2011).

9. ‘Why is the universe just right for life?’ in A. T. Tymieniecka and A. Grandpierre (Eds.),Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment, pecial issue: AnalectaHusserliana CVII, 199, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., p. 199 (2011).10. ‘Universe from bit,’ in N. H. Gregersen (Ed.), Information and the Nature of Reality:From Physics to Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press, p. 65 (2010).11. ‘Where did the laws of physics come from?’ in R. Y. Chiao, M. L. Cohen, A. J. Leggett,W. D. Phillips and C. L. Harper, Jr. (Ed.), Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics,Cosmology, and Consciousness, Cambridge University Press, p. 689 (2010).12. ‘Just typical: Our changing place in the universe,’ in Seeing Further: The story of science& the Royal Society, by B. Bryson, p. 321 (2010).13. 'The nature of the laws of physics and their mysterious bio-friendliness,' in M. Stewart(Ed.), Science and religion in dialogue, Blackwell, p. 769 (2010).14. ‘Shadow Biosphere,’ in J. Brockman (Ed.), This will change everything: Ideas that willshape the future, Harper, p. 88 (2010).15. 'Life, mind, and culture as fundamental properties of the universe,' in S. J. Dick and M. L.Lupisella (Ed.), Cosmos and Culture, NASA Press, p. 383 (2009).16. Reprinted section from The Goldilocks Enigma, in R. Dawkins (Ed.), The Oxford Bookof Modern Science Writing, Oxford University Press, p. 323 (2008).17. ‘Where do the laws of physics come from?’ in R. Chiao, W. D. Phillips, A. J. Leggett, M.L. Cohen, and C. L. Harper, Jr. (Ed.), Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics,Cosmology and Consciousness, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 689 (2008).18. ‘Searching for an alternative form of life on Earth,’ in Proceedings of SPIE, 6694, p. 19(2007).19. ‘A one-way ticket to Mars,’ in J. Brockman (Ed.), What Are You Optimistic About?Harper, p. 162 (2007).20. ‘Space destroyed and time obliterated,’ in L. Margulis and E. Punset (Ed.), Mind, Lifeand the Universe, Chelsea Green Publishing, p. 309 (2007).21. ‘Universes galore: where will it all end?’ in B. Carr (Ed.), Universe or Multiverse?Cambridge University Press, p. 487 (2007).22. ‘The fight against global warming is lost,’ in J. Brockman (Ed.), What Is YourDangerous Idea?, New York: Harper, p. 43 (2007).

23. ‘The implications of a holographic universe for complexity, quantum information andthe nature of physical law,’ in C.S. Calude (Ed.), Randomness & Complexity, fromLeibniz to Chaitin, 1, Singapore: World Scientific, p. 69 (2007).24. ‘Fitness and the cosmic environment,’ in J. D. Barrow, S. C. Morris, S. J. Freeland and C.L. Harper, Jr. (Ed.), Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning,Cambridge University Press, p. 97 (2007).25. ‘Bacterial utilization of L-Sugars and D-amino acids,’ with E. V. Pikuta, R. B. Hoover,B. Klyce and P. A. Davies, in Proceedings of SPIE’s 47th annual meeting, San Diego, p.63090A (August 2006).26. ‘Chirality, quantum mechanics and biological determinism,’ in Proceedings of SPIE’s47th annual meeting, San Diego, p. 630908 (August 2006).27. ‘Glimpsing the mind of God,’ in J. Staune (Ed.), Science and the Search for Meaning,Templeton Foundation Press, p. 27 (2006).28. ‘Flying apart,’ in J. Brockman (Ed.), My Einstein, New York: Pantheon Books, p. 223(2006).29. ‘How many universes?’ in T. Peters (Ed.), God’s Action in Nature’s World: Essays inhonor of Robert J. Russell, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, p. 217 (2006).30. ‘The physics of downward causation,’ in P. Clayton and P. Davies (Ed.), The ReEmergence of Emergence, Oxford University Press, p. 35 (2006).31. ‘Are we alone in the universe?’ in J. Brockman (Ed.), What We Believe but CannotProve, The Free Press, p. 17 (2005).32. ‘The search for life in the universe,’ in Proceedings of SPIE’s 46th annual meeting, SanDiego, p. 590601 (31 July – 3 August 2005).33. ‘Life in a violent universe,’ in M. Jones and A. Fabian (Ed.), Darwin College lectureseries on ‘Conflict,’ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 144 (2005).34. ‘Entrapercevoir l’esprit de dieu,’ in J. Staune (Ed.), Science at Quête de Sens, Paris:Presses de la Renaissance, p. 39 (2005).35. ‘The universe: what’s the point?’ in C. L. Harper, Jr. (Ed.), Spiritual Information: 100Perspectives, Pennsylvania: Templeton Foundation Press, p. 132 (2005).36. ‘Accentuating the negative,’ in J. Al-Khalili (Ed.), Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed,Weidenfeld and Nicolson, p. 210 (2004).

37. ‘Physics for the Third Millennium,’ in Humanity 3000 Seminar 4 Proceedings, Bellevue:Foundation for the Future, p. 75 (2004).38. ‘The importance of being a clever country,’ in M. Roux (Ed.), Report of the First AnnualFuture Summit, Melbourne: Australian Davos Connection, p. 76 (6-8 May 2004).39. ‘Cosmology calls,’ in J. Brockman (Ed.), Curious Minds, New York: Pantheon Books, p.53 (2004).40. ‘Quantum mechanics and the origin of life,’ in R. Norris and F. Stootman (Ed.), LifeAmong the Stars, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 237 (2004).41. ‘Quantum fluctuations and life,’ in J. M. Smulko et. al. (Ed.), Noise and Information inNanoelectronic, Sensors and Standards II, SPIE proceedings 5472, Bellingham,Washington: SPIE, p. 1 (2004).42. ‘Quantum clocks and the foundations of relativity,’ in J.M. Smulko (Ed.), Noise andInformation in Nanoelectronic, Sensors and Standards II, SPIE proceedings 5472,Bellingham: SPIE, p. 87 (2004).43. ‘Teleology without teleology,’ in P. Clayton, A. Peacocke and W. B. Eerdmans (Ed.), InWhom We Live and Move and Have Our Being, Grand Rapids, p. 95 (2004).44. ‘John Archibald Wheeler and the clash of ideas,’ in D. Barrow, P. C. W. Davies & C. L.Harper (Ed.), Science and Ultimate Reality, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 3(2004).45. ‘Emergent complexity, teleology and the arrow of time,’ in M. Ruse and W. Dembski(Ed.), Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,p. 476 (2004).46. ‘Complexity and the arrow of time,’ in N. Gregerson (Ed.), From Complexity to Life,Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 72 (2003).47. ‘Universes galore: where will it all end?’ in B.Carr (Ed.), Universe or Multiverse?,Cambridge University Press, p. 487 (2003).48. ‘The appearanc

BSc First Class in Physics, University College London, 1967 Ph.D, Physics Department, University College London, 1970 DSc honoris causa, Macquarie University, Sydney (2006) DSc honoris causa, Chapman University, California (2009) Professional Appointments Current: Regents' Professor, Arizona State University (Since 2012)