Paul Davies - Why the ‘Unreasonable Effectiveness’ of Mathematics

What is it about mathematics that it can describe so accurately the world around us? From quantum physics, the very smallest features and forces of the foundations of matter and energy, to cosmology, the very largest structures and forces of the beginning and evolution of the universe, mathematics is the language of description. Why does the physical world follow so faithfully equations of abstract symbols and variables?

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Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist and astrobiologist. He is Regents’ Professor of Physics and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University, where he also runs a cancer research project and co-directs a cosmology program. He is also a Visiting Professor of Bioengineering at Imperial College London, a Visiting Professor Physics at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of University College London.

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