Residence New Zealand Name Geoffrey Stedman | Known for Ring lasers Doctoral advisor D.J. Newman | |
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Institutions University of Canterbury Thesis Ion-lattice interactions in rare earth salts (1968) Books Diagram Techniques in Group Theory, An Orthodox Understanding of the Bible with Physical Science Alma mater University of Canterbury, Queen Mary University of London | ||
Notable awards Hector Medal (1994) Institution University of Canterbury | ||
An Orthodox Understanding of the Bible with Physical Science By Geoffrey Ernest Stedman
Geoffrey Ernest "Geoff" Stedman (born 1943) is a New Zealand physicist, with research interests including the foundations of relativity, symmetry in quantum mechanics, and ring lasers.
Born in 1943, Stedman attended the University of Canterbury, graduating with a BSc(Hons) in physics in 1965. 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. He retired in 2003 and was granted the title of emeritus professor.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1989, and in 1994 he won the society's Hector Medal. He won the Canterbury Research Medal in 2001.
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