Lewis Ryder Explained

Lewis Howarth Ryder (15 November 1941  - 18 December 2018) was a British theoretical physicist.^[1]

Biography

Ryder earned a master's degree in physics from Oxford University, a PhD in Mathematical Physics from Edinburgh University under supervision of Peter Higgs, and later an SERC fellowship.

In 1967 he went to the University of Kent where he remained for the rest of his career and became a senior lecturer.

His research interests were in geometrical aspects of particle physics and its parallels with general relativity, and the possible existence and detection of torsion and curvature in spacetime.^[2] He also did research on the geometric phase and in condensed matter physics.

Books

• 1st edition 1985; Book: Quantum Field Theory. Cambridge University Press. 2nd. 1996. 9780521478144. ^[3]
• Book: Introduction to General Relativity. Cambridge University Press. 2009. 978-0521-84563-2. ^[4]
• Book: Elementary Particles and Symmetries. Gordon & Breach Science Publishers Ltd.. 1975.

External links

• University of Kent
• Lewis Ryder (Research gate)
• Google scholar

Notes and References

1. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=lewis-howarth-ryder&pid=191151688 Lewis Howarth Ryder
2. Singh . P . Ryder . L H . 1997-12-01 . Einstein - Cartan - Dirac theory in the low-energy limit . Classical and Quantum Gravity . 14 . 12 . 3513–3525 . 10.1088/0264-9381/14/12/031 . 1997CQGra..14.3513S . 250880186 . 0264-9381.
3. Book Review of Quantum Field Theory, 2nd edition by Lewis H. Ryder. Ahluwalia, D. V.. Dharam Vir Ahluwalia. Foundations of Physics. 28. 1998. 3 . 527–529. 10.1023/A:1018728414697 . 116146801 . arXiv preprint
4. Gregory . Ruth . Ruth Gregory . Review of Introduction to General Relativity by L. H. Ryder . Classical and Quantum Gravity . IOP Publishing . 27 . 13 . 2010-06-03 . 0264-9381 . 10.1088/0264-9381/27/13/139002 . 139002. 263027616 .