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'''Ian Johnston Rhind Aitchison''' (born 1936) is a physicist and retired academic who was Professor of Physics at the [[University of Oxford]] between 1996 and 2003.
== Career ==
Born in 1936,<ref name="wd2005">''Writers Directory'' (2005)</ref> Aitchison read mathematics at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1958; he then completed a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[theoretical physics]] there in 1961.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2P7Vdfx "Ian Aitchison"], ''CRC Press'' (Taylor & Francis Group). Retrieved 3 December 2019.</ref><ref>''The Cambridge University List of Members Up to 31 December 1988'' (Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 11.</ref>
Between 1961 and 1963, Aitchison was a research associate at [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] in [[New York (state)|New York]]; after a year at the [[Saclay Nuclear Research Centre]] in [[France]], he worked as a research associate at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] from 1964 to 1966. In 1966, he was elected a [[fellow]] of [[Worcester College, Oxford]], and appointed a university [[lecturer]] in theoretical physics; he was [[Titles of Distinction awarded by the University of Oxford|awarded the title]] of [[Professor]] of Physics in 1996 and retired in 2003. He remains an [[emeritus]] professor at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="wd2005" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/34G3a25 "Professors Emeritus"], ''Oxford University Calendar'' (2006). Retrieved 3 December 2019.</ref>
== Bibliography ==
* ''Relativistic Quantum Mechanics'' ([[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]], 1972).
* (Co-editor) ''Rudolf Peierls and Theoretical Physics'' ([[Pergamon Press]], 1977).
* (Co-authored with A. J. G. Hey) ''Gauge Theories in Particle Physics'' (1st ed. [[Adam Hilger|Hilger]] and [[University of Sussex Press]], 1982; 2nd ed. 1989; 3rd ed. [[Taylor & Francis|Taylor and Francis]], 2002; 4th ed. [[CRC Press]], 2012).
* ''An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories'' ([[Cambridge University Press]], 1982).
* (Co-editor with [[Christopher Llewellyn Smith|C. H. Llewellyn Smith]] and [[Jack Paton|J. E. Paton]]) ''Plots, Quarks and Strange Particles: Proceedings of the Dalitz Conference 1990'' ([[World Scientific]], 1991).
* ''Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction'' ([[Cambridge University Press]], 2007).
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:Theoretical physicists]]
[[Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Academics of the University of Oxford]]
== Career ==
Born in 1936,<ref name="wd2005">''Writers Directory'' (2005)</ref> Aitchison read mathematics at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1958; he then completed a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[theoretical physics]] there in 1961.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2P7Vdfx "Ian Aitchison"], ''CRC Press'' (Taylor & Francis Group). Retrieved 3 December 2019.</ref><ref>''The Cambridge University List of Members Up to 31 December 1988'' (Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 11.</ref>
Between 1961 and 1963, Aitchison was a research associate at [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] in [[New York (state)|New York]]; after a year at the [[Saclay Nuclear Research Centre]] in [[France]], he worked as a research associate at the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] from 1964 to 1966. In 1966, he was elected a [[fellow]] of [[Worcester College, Oxford]], and appointed a university [[lecturer]] in theoretical physics; he was [[Titles of Distinction awarded by the University of Oxford|awarded the title]] of [[Professor]] of Physics in 1996 and retired in 2003. He remains an [[emeritus]] professor at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="wd2005" /><ref>[https://ift.tt/34G3a25 "Professors Emeritus"], ''Oxford University Calendar'' (2006). Retrieved 3 December 2019.</ref>
== Bibliography ==
* ''Relativistic Quantum Mechanics'' ([[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]], 1972).
* (Co-editor) ''Rudolf Peierls and Theoretical Physics'' ([[Pergamon Press]], 1977).
* (Co-authored with A. J. G. Hey) ''Gauge Theories in Particle Physics'' (1st ed. [[Adam Hilger|Hilger]] and [[University of Sussex Press]], 1982; 2nd ed. 1989; 3rd ed. [[Taylor & Francis|Taylor and Francis]], 2002; 4th ed. [[CRC Press]], 2012).
* ''An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories'' ([[Cambridge University Press]], 1982).
* (Co-editor with [[Christopher Llewellyn Smith|C. H. Llewellyn Smith]] and [[Jack Paton|J. E. Paton]]) ''Plots, Quarks and Strange Particles: Proceedings of the Dalitz Conference 1990'' ([[World Scientific]], 1991).
* ''Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction'' ([[Cambridge University Press]], 2007).
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:Theoretical physicists]]
[[Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Academics of the University of Oxford]]
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