Townsend, P. D. (Peter David)

LC control no.	n 50014679
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Townsend, P. D. (Peter David) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Townsend, Peter David Townsend, Peter, 1937-
Associated country	Great Britain
Located	Brighton (England)
Birth date	1937
Place of birth	Wokingham (England)
Field of activity	Physics Music
Affiliation	University of Sussex
Profession or occupation	Physicists Musicians College teachers
Found in	Atomic collision phenomena in solids, 1970: title page (P.D. Townsend) LC data base, 4-28-90 (hdg.: Townsend, Peter David; usage: P.D. Townsend) Information from 678 converted Dec. 16, 2014 (BSc PhD R'dg; lectr., Experimental Physics, Univ. of Sussex) His The evolution of music through culture and science, 2020: title page (Peter Townsend) page xiv (began studying the violin at age of 4 and has played in orchestras and string quartets, and has taught courses on the physics of music and researched the design of violin-making; also enjoys singing; his scientific work has been in technological application of imperfections in materials, novel products, advanced lasers, optical biopsy for cancer detection, radiation dosimetry, archaeology, and geology) Oxford University Press WWW site, Jan. 29, 2020 (in entry for The evolution of music through culture and science: Author information: Peter Townsend, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex) <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-evolution-of-music-through-culture-and-science-9780198848400?cc=us&lang=en&#> The power of imperfections, 2022: title page (Peter Townsend) jacket (experimental scientist; author of "The dark side of technology" and "The evolution of music through culture and science") Who's who in education, 1974 (Peter David Townsend; born 1937 in Wokingham; Sussex University since 1966; co-editor of "Atomic collision phenomena in solids"; co-author of "Thermoluminescence of geological materials")
Associated language	eng