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Emeritus
Professor of Mathematics LIU/C.W.
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“The justification for a
university is that it preserves the connexions
between knowledge and the zest for life, by uniting the young and the old in
the imaginative consideration of learning.” A.N Whitehead, speaking to the American Association of the
Collegiate Schools of Business, 1927 |
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In
the spring of 2002 I retired after forty years of teaching. I am now Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and
continue to give lectures from time to time. |
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Electronic
mail address Web
address for course materials Office Pell Hall, Room 234 Office phone 516-299-2512 |
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Current Projects Beating into the Solar Wind: A gentleman's guide to the magnetosphere. An account of our knowledge about that part of
the Earth's environment dominated by the geomagnetic field, the sun and how
it contributes to auroras and geomagnetic storms. The account is historical;
emphasizing that science is a very human enterprise, subject to all our
foibles and perceptual limitations: mostly we see what we already believe and
reject the rest until no other choice remains but to have a scientific
revolution. Lectures on Climate Change The
causes of global climate change, particularly the increase in mean global
temperature at the surface, makes headlines daily, but is little understood
by the general public. This is
especially true of the role played by changes the sun. Solar irradiance does change over time and
therefore has a forcing effect on global temperature. A brief power point presentation on these
matters can be found HERE.
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Biographical Information After growing up in My other interests are in musical
performance (violin and voice), sailing, mountain trekking, gardening and
photography. I also pursue (off and on) a
semi-genealogical project about an ancestor who came to New Amsterdam in 1631
with the Van Rensselaer settlement near what is now Albany. |