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WOOLFSON, Michael was born on January 9, 1927 in London. Son of Maurice Woolfson and Rose (nee Solomons) Woolfson.
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WOOLFSON, Michael was born on January 9, 1927 in London. Son of Maurice Woolfson and Rose (nee Solomons) Woolfson.
Attended, Jesus College, Oxford, England. Attended, University Manchester Institute of Science Technology, England.
With national service Royal Engineers, 1947-1949. Research assistant Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1952-1954. Imperial chemical industries fellow University Cambridge, 1954-1955.
Lecturer faculty of technical University Manchester, England, 1955-1961, reader, 1961-1965. Professor theoretical physics University York, England, 1965-1994, emeritus professor England, since 1994.
(Decoding the complete history of Earth and our solar syst...)
( Since the publication of the popular first edition, ste...)
(The origin of the solar system has been a matter of specu...)
(Our knowledge of Mars has grown enormously over the last ...)
(An engagingly-written account of mathematical tools and i...)
( First Edition Named a Doody’s Core Title! Praise for t...)
(Computer simulation is increasingly used in physics and e...)
(Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is a scient...)
(Michael Woolfson and Fan Hai-fu describe all the availabl...)
(A textbook for the senior undergraduate or graduate stude...)
(A textbook for the senior undergraduate or graduate stude...)
( "Highly recommended for high school, college, or unive...)
( Knowledge of statistics is essential in modern biology ...)
( Explaining the crucial concepts of 21st-century science...)
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Author: Direct Methods in Crystallography, 1960, An Introduction to X-Ray Crystallography, 1970, second edition, 1997, The Origin of the Solar System, The Capture Theory, 1989, Physical and Non-Physical Methods of Solving Crystal Structures, 1995, An Introduction to Computer Simulation, 1999, The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System, 2000, Planetary Science, 2002, Mathematics for Physics, 2007.
Fellow: Royal Society. Member: Royal Society Planetary Sciences (chair subcommittee 1979-1983, Hughes medal 1986), Yorks Philosophical Society (president 1985-1999).
Married Margaret Frohlich, 1951. 3 children.