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Geoff Stedman
New Zealand physicist
Geoffrey Ernest Stedman (born 1 April 1943) is a New Zealand physicist, with research interests including the foundations of relativity, symmetry in quantum mechanics, and ring lasers.[1]
Geoffrey Ernest Stedman | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1943-04-01) 1 April 1943 (age 81) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury Queen Mary College, University of London |
| Known for | Ring lasers |
| Spouse | Rachel Stedman |
| Children | Tim Stedman |
| Awards | Hector Medal (1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury |
| Thesis | Ion-lattice interactions in rare earth salts (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | D.J. Newman |
| Doctoral students | Richard Neutze |
Born in 1943, Stedman attended the University of Canterbury, graduating with a BSc(Hons) in physics in 1965.[1] He subsequently went to Queen Mary College, University of London, where he completed his PhD under Douglas Newman in 1968. After post-doctoral research, also at Queen Mary, Stedman returned to lecture at Canterbury in 1971.[2] He retired in 2003 and was granted the title of emeritus professor.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1989,[4] and in 1994 he won the society's Hector Medal.[5] He won the Canterbury Research Medal in 2001.[2]
Books
- Stedman, Geoffrey E. (2012). An orthodox understanding of the Bible with physical science (Updated ed.). Houston, TX: Strategic Book Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61897-449-5. OCLC 826821854.
- Stedman, Geoffrey E. (2015). Light Revolutions. Xlibris Corp. ISBN 978-1-4931-3776-3. OCLC 943689919.
- Stedman, Geoffrey E. (2010). Diagram Techniques in Group Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11970-2. OCLC 401146935.
Selected papers
- Stedman, G. E. "Ring-laser tests of fundamental physics and geophysics." Reports on progress in physics 60, no. 6 (1997): 615.
- Pancha, Aasha, T. H. Webb, G. E. Stedman, D. P. McLeod, and K. U. Schreiber. "Ring laser detection of rotations from teleseismic waves." Geophysical Research Letters 27, no. 21 (2000): 3553–3556.
- Rowe, Clive H., Ulrich K. Schreiber, Steven J. Cooper, B. Tom King, Morrie Poulton, and Geoffrey E. Stedman. "Design and operation of a very large ring laser gyroscope." Applied optics 38, no. 12 (1999): 2516–2523.
- Schreiber, Ulrich K., Clive H. Rowe, Douglas N. Wright, Steven J. Cooper, and Geoffrey E. Stedman. "Precision stabilization of the optical frequency in a large ring laser gyroscope." Applied optics 37, no. 36 (1998): 8371–8381.
- "E. Prof. Geoff Stedman". Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- Kirk, Bob (1 March 2002). "Professor Stedman recipient of 2001 Research Medal". Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- Hartley, Lynette (28 August 2003). "Teaching a 'privilege' – retiring physics professor" (PDF). Chronicle. 38 (13). University of Canterbury: 2. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- "The Academy: S–U". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
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