Ian Aitchison
Ian Johnston Rhind Aitchison (born 1936) is a physicist and retired academic who was Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford between 1996 and 2003.
Ian Aitchison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 (age 84–85) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
Career
Born in 1936,[1] Aitchison read mathematics at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1958; he then completed a PhD in theoretical physics there in 1961.[2][3]
Between 1961 and 1963, Aitchison was a research associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York; after a year at the Saclay Nuclear Research Centre in France, he worked as a research associate at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge from 1964 to 1966. In 1966, he was elected a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, and appointed a university lecturer in theoretical physics; he was awarded the title of Professor of Physics in 1996 and retired in 2003. He remains an emeritus professor at the University of Oxford.[1][4]
Bibliography
- Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (Macmillan, 1972).
- (Co-editor) Rudolf Peierls and Theoretical Physics (Pergamon Press, 1977).
- (Co-authored with A. J. G. Hey) Gauge Theories in Particle Physics (1st ed. Hilger and University of Sussex Press, 1982; 2nd ed. 1989; 3rd ed. Taylor and Francis, 2002; 4th ed. CRC Press, 2012).
- An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories (Cambridge University Press, 1982).
- (Co-editor with C. H. Llewellyn Smith and J. E. Paton) Plots, Quarks and Strange Particles: Proceedings of the Dalitz Conference 1990 (World Scientific, 1991).
- Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
References
- Writers Directory (St. James Press, 2005).
- "Ian Aitchison", CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- The Cambridge University List of Members Up to 31 December 1988 (Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 11.
- "Professors Emeritus", Oxford University Calendar. Retrieved 3 December 2019.