Cyril Isenberg

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Cyril Isenberg
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Kent

Cyril Isenberg MBE is an English physicist at the University of Kent, where he is an Honorary Lecturer. [1]

Isenberg is known for pioneering the analog computing possibilities of soap bubbles; in 2012, his 1976 article on the subject was one of a set of "classic articles" selected by American Scientist to celebrate their centennial. [2] [3] He has also frequently given physics lectures to schoolchildren and appeared in television shows, and is the organizer of the British Physics Olympiad. [4] He is the author of books The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles (Dover, 1978) and Physics Experiments and Projects for Students (with S. Chomet, Taylor & Francis, 1989 & 1996).

In 1994, Isenberg won the Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics for his contributions to physics education. [4] [5] In 2008, he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire. [4]

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References

  1. Faculty directory, University of Kent, retrieved 2012-07-04.
  2. Kent professor Dr Cyril Isenberg cleans up with soap suds theory, KentOnline, 12 June 2012.
  3. Isenberg, Cyril (1976), "The soap film: an analogue computer", American Scientist , 64 (5): 514–518, Bibcode:1976AmSci..64..514I, JSTOR   27847462 . Reprinted in American Scientist, May–June 2012, doi : 10.1511/2012.96.1.
  4. 1 2 3 Kent Physicist awarded MBE, University of Kent Faculty of Sciences, February 2008, retrieved 2012-07-04.
  5. "Institute of Physics", The Independent , 29 January 1994, archived from the original on 25 January 2013.