Tim Poston
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Tim Poston at his residence in Bangalore, India, on May 30, 2016.
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| Born | 19 June 1945 |
| Residence | India and Singapore |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | National Institute of Advanced Studies[1] UCLA University of California, Santa Cruz Battelle Institute National University of Singapore |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick[2] University of Hull[3] |
| Academic advisors | Erik Christopher Zeeman Roger Penrose |
| Known for | Catastrophe theory, Topology |
| Website geometeer.com |
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Timothy "Tim" Poston (born 19 June 1945 in St Albans, Hertfordshire) is an English mathematician best known for his work on catastrophe theory. His 1972 Ph.D at the University of Warwick was directed by Christopher Zeeman on "Fuzzy Geometry". Tim specializes in geometry, graphics, algorithm design, human-computer interaction, medical imaging, patent writing and singularity theory.[4] His books on catastrophe theory and on differential geometry and relativity are still in print after a third of a century.
Less well known was his role as active founding member of COUM Transmissions performance group with Genesis P-Orridge. They studied at Hull University together. Tim Poston wrote texts and advised COUM on physics and maths 1968-1978. Tim Poston remains "Scientific Adviser" to P-Orridge to the present.
Works published
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- Tensor Geometry: The Geometric Viewpoint and its Uses with T. J. Dodson [5]
References
- ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/nias_mmu/poston.htm
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- ↑ http://geometeer.com/geometeerplaces.html
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/timposton
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