Showing results by author "Paul Davies"

Ragnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In The Last Three Minutes, Paul Davies reveals the latest theories. Voiced in clear language that makes the cutting-edge science of quarks, neutrinos, wormholes, and metaverses accessible to the layman, The Last Three Minutes treats listeners to a wide range of conjectures about the ultimate fate of the universe.   

In A God That Could Be Real, Nancy Abrams explores a new way of thinking about God. She dismantles several common assumptions about God and shows why an omniscient, omnipotent God that created the universe and plans what happens is incompatible with science - but that this doesn’t preclude a God that can comfort and empower us. Abrams finds something worthy of the name “God” in the new science of emergence: God, she argues, is an “emergent phenomenon” that arises from the staggering complexity of humanity’s collective aspirations and is in dialogue with every individual.

"The Big Losers From Investment Banking’s Shrinking Pie" is from the March 03, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). But after a half century of scanning the skies, astronomers have little to report but an eerie silence---eerie because many scientists are convinced that the universe is teeming with life.

In the preface to the 2004 edition, Paul Davies writes, "If the laws of the universe really are a sort of cosmic blueprint, as I suggest, they may also be a blueprint for survival." This critically acclaimed book explains how recent scientific advances are transforming our understanding of the emergence of complexity and organization in the universe. Melding a variety of ideas and disciplines from science and technology, Davies presents his provocative theory on the source of the universe's creative potency.

It goes without saying that building a time machine wouldn't be easy. But according to author Paul Davies, it might actually be possible.

"Why Trump Means No Quick Fix for Insurers" is from the November 15, 2016 Heard on the Street section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"How Credit Suisse’s New CEO Stumbled at the First Hurdle" is from the March 23, 2016 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

Scientists are searching for life forms on Earth that are radically different from all known organisms. Learn more in this article, "Are Aliens Among Us?", from the December 2007 edition of Scientific American.

"Barclays Africa Exit Looking Like Good Timing" is from the April 04, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Finding Value in the Payments Revolution" is from the March 07, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Why Europe Wants U.K.’s Bankers" is from the July 03, 2016 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Italian Banks: How to Get Something for Nothing" is from the January 12, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Kraft Heinz Needs a Deal, but Can It Really Afford Unilever?" is from the February 17, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Stephen Wilmot, Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Making Banks Safer Waits for Another Day" is from the January 03, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Italy’s Bank Rescue Is a Precarious Balancing Act" is from the December 23, 2016 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Negative Rates and Insurers: Be Afraid" is from the Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

Jeremy Hardy returns to the airwaves with four broadcasts of national comic import.1. “How To Eat Food” In order to help explain one of our most fundamental acts as human beings, Jeremy picks up the topic of food with the chopsticks of enquiry and then drops it on his trousers of former cleanliness. Helping him tackle the subject will be special guests Vicki Pepperdine and Paul Bassett Davies

"Who Will Win French Election? It Could Be the Banks" is from the April 20, 2017 Markets section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Paul J. Davies and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

Welcome to Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation, a series of debates in which Jeremy Hardy engages in a free and frank exchange of his entrenched views. Passionate, polemical, erudite, and unable to sing, Jeremy returns with a new series of his show, famous for lines like - "Kids should never be fashion slaves, especially in the Far East. My 12-year-old daughter asked me for a new pair of trainers. I told her she was old enough to go out and make her own," and, "Islam is no weirder than Christianity. Both are just Judaism with the jokes taken out."