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    Porter W. Johnson, Ph.D.

    Porter W. Johnson , Ph.D.

    Emeritus Professor of Physics

    Office: 148A Life Sciences Building
    Phone: 312.567.3443
    Fax: 312.567.3494
    Email: johnsonpo@iit.edu
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    Expertise

    • Theoretical Physics

    Education

    • B.S. (Physics) Case Institute of Technology (1963)
    • M.A. (Physics) Princeton University (1965)
    • Ph.D. (Physics) Princeton University (1967)

    Curriculum Vitae

    Research & Major Accomplishments

    Current Projects

    Awards/Honors

    Patents

    Books

    Selected Publications


    Relativity for the Mind: An Introduction for Scientists
    Rinton Press (2007)
    ISBN 1-58949-054-1
    208 pp

    Classical Mechanics with Applications
    World Scientific (2010)
    ISBN 978-981-4304-15-3
    296 pp

    Nonconservation of Energy and Loss of Determinism I. Infinitely Many Balls
    Foundations of Physics 39, 937 (2009)
    (with D. Atkinson)

    Nonconservation of Energy and Loss of Determinism II. Colliding with an Open Set
    Foundations of Physics 40, 179 (2010)
    (with D. Atkinson).


    Professional Society Memberships

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    Community Service

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