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Travelled the world doing maths-related work in academia and industry, taking deep pleasure in the variations of people and place. My publication co-authors range from archaeologist to brain surgeon, and my patents from magnetic resonance to document search, so I'm more fox than hedgehog. I enjoy finding that standard textbook facts are wrong, and I like it even more when a student proves me wrong.

Since April 2013, working for which combines optics, image understanding, mechanical and IT engineering, etc., to fight blindness and the many diseases which afflict the eyes or just become visible there, in ways that can reach people who have never seen an eye doctor.

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The Living Labyrinth is science fiction: what is known as 'hard' science fiction, meaning that although the "startling and original premise" (Stephen Baxter) has no basis in current physics, its consequences -- ecological, strategic, sexual, etc. -- are worked out with as much scientific rigour as we can muster, and the reader is also invited to think them through, and even contribute. That is a m Read more of this blog post »

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	Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Tim Poston (Goodreads Author), Ian Stewart 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1979 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tensor Geometry: The Geometric Viewpoint & Its Uses by C.T.J. Dodson, Tim Poston (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Tales of Unexplained Mysteries by Rebecca Poston, Tim Poston (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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