Geoff Stedman Explained

Geoffrey Ernest Stedman
Birth Place:	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Nationality:	New Zealand
Workplaces:	University of Canterbury
Alma Mater:	University of Canterbury Queen Mary College, University of London
Thesis Title:	Ion-lattice interactions in rare earth salts
Thesis Url:	http://whatsinthe.library.qmul.ac.uk/record/3633561600
Thesis Year:	1968
Doctoral Advisor:	D.J. Newman
Doctoral Students:	Richard Neutze
Known For:	Ring lasers
Awards:	Hector Medal (1994)
Spouse:	Rachel Stedman
Children:	Tim Stedman

Geoffrey Ernest Stedman (born 1 April 1943) is a New Zealand physicist, with research interests including the foundations of relativity, symmetry in quantum mechanics, and ring lasers.^[1]

Education and career

Born in 1943, Stedman attended the University of Canterbury, graduating with a BSc(Hons) in physics in 1965.^[1] He subsequently went to Queen Mary College, University of London, where he completed his PhD under Douglas Newman in 1968. After post-doctoral research, also at Queen Mary, Stedman returned to lecture at Canterbury in 1971.^[2] He retired in 2003 and was granted the title of emeritus professor.^[3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1989,^[4] and in 1994 he won the society's Hector Medal.^[5] He won the Canterbury Research Medal in 2001.^[2]

Bibliography

Books

• Book: Stedman, Geoffrey E. . An orthodox understanding of the Bible with physical science . 2012 . Strategic Book Publishing . 978-1-61897-449-5 . Updated . Houston, TX . 826821854.
• Book: Stedman, Geoffrey E. . Light Revolutions. . 2015 . Xlibris Corp . 978-1-4931-3776-3 . 943689919.
• Book: Stedman, Geoffrey E. . Diagram Techniques in Group Theory. . 2010 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-11970-2 . 401146935.

Selected papers

• Stedman, G. E. "Ring-laser tests of fundamental physics and geophysics." Reports on progress in physics 60, no. 6 (1997): 615.
• Pancha, Aasha, T. H. Webb, G. E. Stedman, D. P. McLeod, and K. U. Schreiber. "Ring laser detection of rotations from teleseismic waves." Geophysical Research Letters 27, no. 21 (2000): 3553–3556.
• Rowe, Clive H., Ulrich K. Schreiber, Steven J. Cooper, B. Tom King, Morrie Poulton, and Geoffrey E. Stedman. "Design and operation of a very large ring laser gyroscope." Applied optics 38, no. 12 (1999): 2516–2523.
• Schreiber, Ulrich K., Clive H. Rowe, Douglas N. Wright, Steven J. Cooper, and Geoffrey E. Stedman. "Precision stabilization of the optical frequency in a large ring laser gyroscope." Applied optics 37, no. 36 (1998): 8371–8381.

External links

• Google Scholar
• Institutional homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: E. Prof. Geoff Stedman . 16 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123002212/http://www.ringlaser.org.nz/content/e_prof_geoff_stedman.php . 23 January 2013 .
2. Web site: Professor Stedman recipient of 2001 Research Medal . 1 March 2002 . Bob . Kirk . 16 October 2014.
3. Hartley . Lynette . 28 August 2003 . Teaching a 'privilege' – retiring physics professor . Chronicle . University of Canterbury . 38 . 13 . 2 . 16 October 2014.
4. Web site: The Academy: S–U . Royal Society of New Zealand . 16 October 2014.
5. Web site: Hector Medal . Royal Society of New Zealand . 16 October 2014.