Michael Riordan (physicist)

Michael Riordan (born 3 December 1946) is an American physicist, science historian and author.

Riordan earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. He worked at the University of Rochester, then moved to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and concurrently held an adjunct professorship at the University of California, Santa Cruz. While associated with SLAC, Riordan was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1999. The American Institute of Physics honored Riordan with the 2002 Andrew Gemant Award.

Selected publications

 * Revised and updated electronic edition published in 2018 by Plunkett Lake Press.
 * Revised and updated electronic edition published in 2018 by Plunkett Lake Press.
 * Revised and updated electronic edition published in 2018 by Plunkett Lake Press.
 * Revised and updated electronic edition published in 2018 by Plunkett Lake Press.
 * Revised and updated electronic edition published in 2018 by Plunkett Lake Press.

Archival collections

 * Michael Riordan's research materials for CRYSTAL FIRE, 1900-2009, Niels Bohr Library & Archives