WILLIAM J.
THOMPSON

 

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Computing
and Applied
Mathematics

Nuclear and
Quantum Physics

Physics Teaching

Science Publishing

Statistics

 

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Education

 

 D.Sc.  1982, University of Auckland, New Zealand

 Ph.D.  1967, Florida State University

 M.Sc.  1962, University of Auckland

 B.Sc.   1961, University of Auckland

 

 

 

It is not enough to have a good mind;

the main thing is to use it well.

Professional Experience

 

1998 - 01     Column editor, Computing in Science and  Engineering (IEEE)

1997 - 01     Book review consultant, Physics Today (AIP)

1996 - 01     Contributing editor, book review consultant, American Scientist

1992 - 98     Associate editor, product reviewer, Computers in Physics (AIP)

1992 - 96     Contributing editor, Computers in Physics

1985 - 87     Research program manager (nuclear theory), U.S. Department of Energy

1981            Visiting scientist, University of Tsukuba, Japan (January)

1978 - 01     Professor of physics, University of North Carolina

1977            Visiting scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, (June, July)

1976            Visiting professor, University of Auckland (August - October)

1975            Visiting scientist, University of Munich (August)

1974            Visiting scientist, University of Wisconsin (August)

1974 - 78     Associate professor of physics, University of North Carolina

1973 - 74     Visiting associate professor, Kansas State University

1969 - 74     Assistant professor of physics, University of North Carolina

1969,  ‘70     Visiting scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics,
                        Heidelberg; Nuclear Research Center, Juelich, Germany;
                         Nuclear Accelerator Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands (summers)

1968             Visiting assistant professor, University of Washington (summer)

1967 - 69      Acting assistant professor, Florida State University

 

 

 

Scientific Interests

 

Computational physics and mathematics, quantum physics, science teaching

 

 

 

Publications

 

164 publications in the following fields:  computing and applied mathematics (30),
nuclear and quantum physics (90), physics teaching (22), science publishing (14), statistics (8).
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Included are the following books (sole author unless noted):

    Computing in Applied Science (Wiley, 1984); undergraduate text

    Primordial Nucleosynthesis (World Scientific, 1990); co-editor

    Computing for Scientists and Engineers (Wiley, 1992); text

    Angular Momentum (Wiley, 1994); graduate text

    Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions: C version (Wiley, 1997); compendium

    Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions: Fortran version (Wiley, 1997); compendium