John Pendry
Encyclopedia
Sir John Brian Pendry, FRS FInstP (born 4 July 1943) is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into refractive indexes and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak
". He is now a chair in Theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London
where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the faculty of physical sciences (2001–2002). He is an honorary fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
(where he was an undergraduate) and an IEEE fellow.
also see: Arxiv.org (self published preprint of this article).
Invisibility
Invisibility is the state of an object that cannot be seen. An object in this state is said to be invisible . The term is usually used as a fantasy/science fiction term, where objects are literally made unseeable by magical or technological means; however, its effects can also be seen in the real...
". He is now a chair in Theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the faculty of physical sciences (2001–2002). He is an honorary fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
(where he was an undergraduate) and an IEEE fellow.
Selected publications
Below is a list of highly cited articles of which Sir Pendry was author or co-author. PDF copies of the articles are linked to the title.also see: Arxiv.org (self published preprint of this article).
Books authored
- Low Energy Electron Diffraction: The Theory and Its Application to Determination of Surface Structure (Techniques of physics) (Academic Press Inc.,U.S., 1974) ISBN 9780125505505
- Surface Crystallographic Information Service: A Handbook of Surface Structures – (Springer, 1987) ISBN 9789027725035
Awards
- 1984 – Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
- 1996 – The Dirac prize and medalDirac PrizeThe Dirac Prize is the name of four prominent awards in the field of theoretical physics, computational chemistry, and mathematics, awarded by different organizations, named in honour of Professor Paul Dirac, one of the great theoretical physicists of the 20th Century.- The Dirac Medal and Lecture...
for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics. - 2004 – John Pendry was knighted in the Queen's Birthday honours list (services to science).
- 2006 – The Royal MedalRoyal MedalThe Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal, is a silver-gilt medal awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences" made within the Commonwealth of...
of the Royal Society of London