Kilmister, Clive William

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KILMISTER, Clive William

KILMISTER, Clive William. British, b. 1924. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics, Physics, Philosophy. Career: Assistant Lecturer, 1950-53, Lecturer, 1953-59, Reader, 1959-66, Professor of Mathematics, 1966-84, and Gresham Professor of Geometry, 1971-88, King's College, London. Publications: (with G. Stephenson) Special Relativity for Physicists, 1958; (with B. O. J Tupper) Eddington's Statistical Theory, 1962; Hamiltonian Dynamics, 1964; The Environment in Modern Physics, 1965; (with J. E. Reeve) Rational Mechanics, 1966; Men of Physics: Sir Arthur Eddington, 1966; Language, Logic and Mathematics, 1967; Lagrangian Dynamics, 1967; Special Theory of Relativity, 1970; The Nature of the Universe, 1972; General Theory of Relativity, 1973; Russell, 1984; Eddington's Search for a Fundamental Theory, 1995; (with T. Bastin) Combinatorial Physics, 1995. Address: Red Tiles Cottage, High St, Barcombe, Lewes BN8 5DH, England.

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