Aitchison, Ian J(ohnston) R(hind)

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AITCHISON, Ian J(ohnston) R(hind)

AITCHISON, Ian J(ohnston) R(hind). British, b. 1936. Genres: Physics. Career: Fellow, Worcester College, and Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, 1966-96; Professor of Physics, Oxford University, 1996-. Research Associate, Brookhaven Natl. Laboratory, NYC, 1961-63; Collaborateur Temporaire Etranger, CEN Saclay, France, 1963-64; Research Associate, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, 1964-66. Publications: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, 1972; (co-ed.) Rudolf Peierls and Theoretical Physics, 1977; (with A.J.G. Hey) Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, 1982, 3rd ed. (vol. 1), 2002; An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories, 1982; (coed.) Plots, Quarks and Strange Particles, 1991. Address: Department of Physics, Oxford University, Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3NP, England.