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Education
Ph.D., Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1987
M.A., Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1984
B.A., Physics and Mathematics, Temple University,
1982
Books
What’s
Science Ever Done for Us? What the Simpsons
Can Teach Us about Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
Brave New
Universe: Illuminating the Darkest Secrets of the Cosmos
The Great Beyond:
Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a
Theory of Everything
Faraway Worlds: Planets
Beyond Our Solar System
The Pursuit of Destiny: A
History of Prediction
Countdown
to Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration of the End of the World
The
Quest for Alien Planets: Exploring Worlds Outside the Solar System
The Structure of
the Universe
The
Cyclical Serpent: Prospects for an Ever-Repeating Universe
Cosmic
Wormholes: The Search for Interstellar Shortcuts
Löcher im All (German
version of Cosmic Wormholes)
Time
Journeys: A Search for Cosmic Destiny and Meaning
Recent Articles
Energy
Distribution of a Charged Black Hole with a Minimally Coupled Scalar Field
Is the Universe a Doughnut?
Energy of the Taub
Cosmological Solution
Energy Distribution of Black Plane
Solutions
Peter
Bergmann: The Education of a Physicist
Nordstrőm
in Ehrenfest's Garden: The Hidden Prequel to Kaluza-Klein Theory
The Mixmaster Universe in Five
Dimensions
Exact Solutions of Five Dimensional
Anisotropic Cosmologies
The Behavior of Kasner Cosmologies with
Induced Matter
Evolutionary
Algorithms on a Self-Organized Dynamic Lattice
Recent Presentations
Imaging, Projection
and the Physical Interpretation of the Fifth Dimension
Book Reviews
“Shadows
of Reality” by Tony Robbin
"Measuring
Eternity" by Martin Gorst
"The
Universe at Midnight" by Ken Croswell
Offices Held
Vice-Chair, Abraham
Pais Prize for History of Physics Selection Committee
Executive Committee,
APS Forum on the History of Physics
Conferences Held
In the Eye's
Mind: Visions of Higher Dimensions in Art, Math and Science
Organizations
American Physical
Society
History of
Science Society
International
Society For the Study of Time
National
Association of Science Writers
Philadelphia
Area Seminar on the History of Mathematics
5D
Space-Time-Matter Consortium
Awards
John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Fulbright
Scholarship
Athenaeum Literary Award
Visiting Positions
Haverford
College (2004-2005)
The Lighter Side of Physics
Physics
Songs
HCDC: The Legendary
Heavy Metal Band
Press
The
Simpsons? Scientific? (USA Today)
A
Doughnut Universe? Sweet (Philadelphia Inquirer)
A Mirror
for the Moon (Chemistry World)
The
End of the Matter (The Age)
Strings, Branes and
Extra Dimensions (Physics World)
Physicist
Seeks Out New Dimensions (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Annus
Mirabilis (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Doomsayers
of All Stripes, Now Together in One Show (New York Times)
History
of Time with a Twist (The Independent)
Only
a Matter of Time (ABCNews.com)
Apocalypse
How? (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Apocalyptic Visions (Tucson
Weekly)
Cosmic
Wormholes: Where Science Meets Science Fiction (The Scientist)
Barnard's Wobble
(Swarthmore Bulletin)
Doom's
No Reason to Wallow in Gloom (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The
End of the Beginning (New Scientist)
Course Taught
PY 201, Introductory Physics I and II
PY 211, Physics I and II
MA 350, Chaos and
Complexity
PY 330, Astronomy
PY
335, Views of the Cosmos
The Nature of Time
(Intellectual Heritage)
Contact Information:
Paul Halpern
Department of Mathematics, Physics and
Computer Science
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
600 S. 43rd St., Philadelphia,
Pa. 19104
Phone: (215) 596-8913
E-mail: p.halper@usp.edu
Bio
CV
Paul Halpern: Science Books and Articles
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