Welcome to the website of Gordon N. Fleming!
As a retired PSU physics prof I keep my hand in the game with research at a leisurely pace (an oxymoron?) and teaching one or two short courses a year for mostly senior citizens in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). My research interests are primarily focused on Lorentz Covariant Quantum Theory with a heightened awareness of General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Statistical Physics and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. I also read a bit in mathematics and philosophy and, from time to time, I may have something to say here in those fields. I will even allow myself the pleasure of voicing half baked ideas constrained only by an effort at satisfying that hobgoblin, consistency, and a prohibition against dogma.
A CV of sorts:
Born: 04/14/36, Pittsburgh, PA
Langley H.S. 50 - 54
Univ. of Pittsburgh, 54 - 58, B.S.
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 58 - 63, Ph.D.
Univ. of Washington, 63 - 65, Post Doc.
Pennsylvania State Univ., 65 - 95, Prof. of Physics
Those words above my CV were written way back in 2009, I believe, and in all that time I've never said a word here about mathematics or philosophy! I think the reason has been a hesitancy to say anything until I had a polished tract to offer. Well, enough of that foolishness! Time to make some statements and polish be damned! My first offering is tame enough and self explanatory, but it is, I believe, a minority view.
The Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Sciences.pdf
More to come.
The next links below are to the reading material for the introductory physical science course, "The Quantum World" (QW), which I taught in the Spring of 2013 under the auspices of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI at Penn State.
QW, Intro. PDF , QW, Part 1, PDF , QW, Part 2, PDF ,
QW, Part 3, PDF , QW, Part 4, PDF , QW, Part 5, PDF .
Historical supplement: Development of Physical Science, PDF
Mathematical Appendices: Math App. 1 PDF.pdf ,
Math App. 2 PDF.pdf , Math App. 3 PDF.pdf , Math App. 4 PDF.pdf
The link below is to an essay of mine on Global Warming for skeptics looking at lingering or extreme winter weather. It was written in 2010.
Extreme Winter Weather and Global Warming.pdf
Family photos: Older daughter, granddaughters & son in law.
Younger daughter.
With wife and bikes.
More to come!