Colin Pask

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Colin Pask (born 1943)[1] is a British mathematical physicist and science writer.

Life

He was born in

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

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

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:

References

  1. ^ "British National Bibliography, Pask, Colin, 1943-, The British Library". bnb.data.bl.uk.
  2. ^ "Emeritus Professor Colin Pask". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Colin Pask". unsw.adfa.edu.au.
  4. ^ a b c d Journal of the Optical Society of America: Optics and image science. A. The Society. 1986. p. 1106.
  5. ^ "Colin Pask - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu.
  6. ^ "Colin Pask". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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  8. ISBN 978-3-642-74082-4
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  9. ISBN 978-0-471-27969-3
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  10. ISBN 978-1-61614-421-0
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  11. ISBN 978-1-61614-746-4
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  12. ISBN 978-1-63388-029-0
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