Ray Mackintosh

Professor Ray Mackintosh is a professor of nuclear physics based at the Open University, the UK's pioneering distance learning university based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. He has co-authored the book "Nucleus, A Trip Into The Heart of Matter" [http://www.canopusbooks.com/nc.htm] (Canopus Publishing Limited, 2001).Professor Mackintosh is active in nuclear theory research, has more than 100 publications, and has been involved in publicity activities for the nuclear physics community. He has also authored and presented several television programmes for the Open University on BBC2.

Academic interests:

- Nuclear structure and reactions. The phenomenology of nuclear scattering. Inversion problems and computational methods.

- General interests include quantum theory, the teaching of quantum theory, and electromagnetism. More general aspects of teaching physics; physics as part of an integrated "natural philosophy". - Public awareness of science, particularly nuclear physics. Member of PANS (Public Awareness of Nuclear Science)

His university website contains details of his research as well as an array of useful academic and personally recommended web pages [http://physics.open.ac.uk/~rmackint/index.html] .

Professor Mackintosh was recently honoured by the Open University for 25 years service and retired in September 2006. He's still an active member of the university physics department.

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