Paul Davies

PAUL DAVIES is an internationally acclaimed physicist and cosmologist now at Arizona State University, where he is setting up a pioneering center for the "'study of life, the universe, and everything."' In addition to his many scientific awards, he is the recipient of the 1995 Templeton Prize—the world's largest annual prize—for his work on science and religion. He is the author of more than twenty books, including "'The Mind of God,"' "'About Time,"' "'The Origin of Life,"' and "'How to Build a Time Machine."' He also chairs the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence postdetection committee, so that if SETI succeeds in finding intelligent life, he will be among the first to know. The asteroid 1992OG was officially renamed Pauldavies in his honor. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.