SILVERMAN, Mark Philip 1945-

PERSONAL: Born in 1945. Education: Harvard University, Ph.D., 1973.

ADDRESSES: Office—Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106.

CAREER: Trinity College, Hartford, CT, professor of physics, 1986—. Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie, Paris, France, Joliot Professor of Physics, 1986—; Hitachi Advanced Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, chief researcher, 1986-89; consultant to National Science Foundation. Springer-Verlag (publisher), member of editorial board.

MEMBER: American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, Scientific Research Society.

AWARDS, HONORS: Prince and Princess of Wales Award, from Royal Society; senior grants from National Science Foundation.

WRITINGS:

And Yet It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, MA), 1993.

More Than One Mystery, Springer-Verlag (New York, NY), 1995.

Waves and Grains: Reflections on Light and Learning, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1998.

Probing the Atom: Interactions of Coupled States, Fast Beams, and Loose Electrons, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 2000.

Contributor of more than a hundred-fifty articles to scientific journals.

SIDELIGHTS: Mark P. Silverman told CA: "I am interested in the fundamental laws that govern natural phenomena and the powers of reason that enable scientists to probe and unveil the mysteries of nature. My writings reflect my own participation as an atomic physicist in this fascinating enterprise of science and my efforts to educate the public to appreciate the beauty and comprehensibility of the physical world."