| David Hawkins | |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1913 |
| Birth Place: | El Paso, Texas |
| Death Place: | Boulder, Colorado |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Hawkins–Simon theorem |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis Title: | A Causal Interpretation of Probability |
| Workplaces: | George Washington University University of Colorado |
David Hawkins (February 28, 1913 – February 24, 2002) was an American scientist whose interests included the philosophy of science, mathematics, economics, childhood science education, and ethics. He was also an administrative assistant at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory and later one of its official historians. Together with Herbert A. Simon, he discovered and proved the Hawkins–Simon theorem.
David Hawkins was born in El Paso, Texas, the youngest of seven children of William Ashton Hawkins, and his wife Clara Gardiner.[1] His father was a prominent lawyer noted for his work on water law,[2] who worked for the El Paso and Northeastern Railway,[3]