Arthur Beiser
Arthur Beiser (born February 16, 1931 ) is an American physicist and geophysicist .
Arthur Beiser studied physics and received his PhD from New York University , where he later became an associate professor of physics. He was a Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University , where he focused on cosmic rays and magnetohydrodynamics in geophysics and astrophysics . He worked both theoretically and experimentally, taking part in expeditions to the observation of cosmic rays and magnetic phenomena to Alaska and the Pacific.
He is a Fellow of the Explorers Club and chaired the Explorers Club's Committee on Space Exploration .
Beiser is known for numerous physics textbooks, but also published books on geology and sailing (he is a passionate sailor who sailed around Cape Horn and crossed the Atlantic twice in his sailing boat). His wife Germaine Beiser is also an author and co-author of physics textbooks.
Fonts
- Concepts of modern physics, McGraw Hill 1987
- with Konrad B. Krauskopf : Introduction to physics and chemistry, McGraw Hill 1964, 2nd edition 1969
- with Konrad B. Krauskopf: The physical universe, 9th edition, McGraw Hill 2000
- with Konrad B. Krauskopf: Introduction to Earth Science, McGraw Hill 1975
- Foam's outline of theory and problems in earth sciences, McGraw Hill 1975
- Foam's outline of theory and problems of physical science, McGraw Hill 1974
- Foam's outline of theory and problems of applied physics, McGraw Hill 1995
- Foam's outline of theory and problems of basic mathematics for electricity and electronics, McGraw Hill 1981
- Modern Technical Physics, 3rd edition, Benjamin Cummings 1979
- The Earth, Time Life Books 1970
- Physics, Benjamin Cummings 1973
- Modern physics - an introductory survey, Addison-Wesley 1968
- Proper yacht, internat. Marine Public., Camden 1978
- The Sailor's World, Random House, 4th edition 1972
- with Germaine Beiser: The story of cosmic rays, Dutton 1962
- Atoms, molecules, solids, Vieweg 1983
- The Mainstream of Physics, Addison-Wesley 1962
Web links
- Biography at McGraw Hill
- Literature by and about Arthur Beiser in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Beiser, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1931 |