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Mermin, N. David was born on March 30, 1935 in New Haven. Son of John and Eva (Gordon) Mermin.
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This is a collection of essays that deals in a variety of ways with the problem of communicating modern physics to both physicists and non-physicists. The book should appeal to physicists, mathematicians and engineers, and to anyone who enjoys reading non-technical accounts of modern science.
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Boojums All the Way Through is a collection of essays that presents the dilemma of communicating modern physics to both physicists and nonphysicists. Some addressed to a general audience, some to students and others to scientists, the essays all share a preoccupation with both the substance and the style of written scientific communication, and offer a unique view of everyday science or scientific practice with the intention of increased clarity for the reader. The author believes the tradition of bland and impersonal scientific writing over the past fifty years deprives scientists of powerful tools for enhancing their clarity and capacity to communicate complex ideas. A well recognized theoretical physicist and winner of the first Julius Edgar Lilienfeld prize of the American Physical Society, Mermin writes with wry humor and conveys complex ideas with startling simplicity.
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Mermin, N. David was born on March 30, 1935 in New Haven. Son of John and Eva (Gordon) Mermin.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1956; A.M., Harvard University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1961.
National Science Foundation postdoctral fellow, U. Birmingham, England, 1961-1963;
postdoctoral fellow, University of California, San Diego, 1963-1964;
assistant professor physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1964-1967;
associate professor physics, Cornell Univercity, 1967-1972;
professor physics, Cornell Univercity, 1972-1990;
Horace White professor physics, Cornell Univercity, since 1990;
director Laboratory Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1984-1990. Loeb lecturer Harvard University, Cambridge, 1980, Emil Warburg professor of University Bayreuth, Germany, 1981, Walker Ames professor of University Washington, Seattle, 1984. Wunsch lecturer Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1992.
Japan Society for Promotion of Science fellow Nagoya U., 1982. Lorentz professor of University Leiden, 1995.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society (Julius Edgar Lilienfield prize 1989). Member National Academy of Sciences.
Married Dorothy E. Milman, June 9, 1957. Children— Jonathan George, Elizabeth Ruth.