Английская Википедия:Colin Pask
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Colin Pask (born 1943)[1] is a British mathematical physicist and science writer.
Life
He was born in Great Gonerby, on the outskirts of Grantham in Lincolnshire, where his father was a dairy farmer.[2] He was educated at King's School, Grantham from age 11, and went to Queen Mary College, London for a degree course in theoretical physics and mathematics.[3] He graduated B.Sc. there in 1964.[4]
Career
Pask studied for a Ph.D. in nuclear physics under John M. Blatt at the University of New South Wales from 1964, graduating in 1967 with a dissertation entitled Studies in the Nuclear Three-Body Problem.[3][5] He spent a period at Duke University, then returned to the University of New South Wales as lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics.[4]
In 1971 Pask moved to the Australian National University, with an Australian Research Council fellowship to work in the Department of Applied Mathematics there. He was made a Fellow in 1973, and Senior Fellow in 1978.[4] He moved in 1986 to become head of University College at UNSW Canberra at ADFA, retiring from that post after 12 years.[3]
Pask is now Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Sciences and History at University of New South Wales.[6]
Research interests
As a post-doctoral researcher, Pask turned to optical physics and biological vision, among other topics.[4] In 1973 he published with Allan Snyder an optical waveguide explanation of the Stiles–Crawford effect. Pask and McIntyre reviewed the theory and experimental results in the area, in a survey from 2013.[7] Work of Pask and Kevin Barrell from 1980 contributed to the theory of the apposition eye.[8]
During the 1970s, Pask also published on attenuation effects in optical fibres. He collaborated in this area with Adrian Ankiewicz.[9]
Works
Pask has written some works of popularisation:
- Math for the Frightened: Facing Scary Symbols and Everything Else That Freaks You Out About Mathematics (2011)[10]
- Magnificent Principia: Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece (2013)[11]
- Great Calculations: A Surprising Look Behind 50 Scientific Inquiries (2015)[12]
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1943 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British physicists
- Mathematical physicists
- Alumni of Queen Mary University of London
- University of New South Wales alumni
- Academic staff of the University of New South Wales
- People from Grantham
- People educated at The King's School, Grantham
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