David Hestenes
David Orlin Hestenes (* 1933 ) is an American physicist.
Hestenes received his doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1963 and was a professor at Arizona State University for 30 years , where he is now retired.
Hestenes is known for his program of geometric algebra ( Clifford algebra ), with which he wants to popularize a reformulation of the representation of theoretical physics.
From 1976 to 1979 he was Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physics. In 1995 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 2002 he received the Oersted Medal .
He is the son of Magnus Hestenes .
Fonts
- New Foundations of classical mechanics, Boston, Dordrecht, Reidel Publishing 1986, 2nd edition, Springer 1999, ISBN 0792355148
- with David Sobczyk: Clifford algebras to geometric calculus: a unified language for mathematics and physics, Boston, Dordrecht, Reidel Publishing 1984
- Space-Time Algebra, New York, Gordon and Breach 1966
- with Antonio Weingartshofer (editor): Electron- theory and experiment, Kluwer 1991
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Prize speech Reforming the mathematical language of physics , American Journal of physics Vol. 71, 2003, p. 104, online on his website
- ↑ Gsponer, Hurni Lanczos-Einstein-Petiau 2005, PDF file
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hestenes, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hestenes, David Orlin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1933 |