Marshall Stoneham

Arthur Marshall Stoneham, FRS (May 18, 1940 Barrow, Cumbria, UK – February 18, 2011), known as Marshall Stoneham, was a British physicist who worked for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, and from 1995 was Massey professor of physics at University College London.

Professor

Arthur Marshall Stoneham

FRS
Born1940
CitizenshipBritish
Known forTheory of Defects in Solids (1975)
Home townBarrow-in-Furness
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Thesis (1964)
Doctoral advisorMaurice Pryce[1]

Education

Stoneham obtained his B.Sc. in physics from the University of Bristol in 1961, and his Ph.D. in 1964.[2]

Career and research

He was the author of several books that became influential within the field, including Theory of Defects in Solids (1975).[2]

Awards and honours

He was a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a fellow the American Physical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 2006 was awarded the Guthrie Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics.[2] Stoneham was elected President of the Institute of Physics in 2010[2] and died during his term in office.

gollark: That does seem... relevant, but also complex to implement and probably overkill for just detecting line vs parabola.
gollark: You can *approximate* just checking if it's going in a straight line...
gollark: Actually, if you want to detect just whether it's going straight up or down as opposed to other directions that's easier.
gollark: So what you want is to figure out if three points are (roughly) on a line?
gollark: What do you mean "type of parabola"? <@318817623590830080>

References
  1. Catlow, Richard; Fisher, Andrew (March 2011). "Marshall Stoneham (1940–2011)". Nature. 471 (7338): 306. Bibcode:2011Natur.471..306C. doi:10.1038/471306a. PMID 21412325.
  2. Kirby-Harris, Robert (13 March 2011). "Marshall Stoneham obituary". The Guardian.
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