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	* 1992 - "[[Waves Versus Corpuscles : The Revolution That Never Was]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Waves-Versus-Corpuscles-Revolution-Never/dp/1873694016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219714782&sr=1-1 Read in full])		* 1992 - "[[Waves Versus Corpuscles : The Revolution That Never Was]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Waves-Versus-Corpuscles-Revolution-Never/dp/1873694016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219714782&sr=1-1 Read in full])

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Peter Rowlands
| image = Peter Rowlands 462.jpg
| alt = Peter Rowlands
| fields = [[Professor of Physics]]
| residence = Liverpool, United Kingdom
| nationality = English
| known_for = [[Unification]], [[General Relativity]], [[Quantum Theory]], [[Mach's Principle]]
}}

BSc (Hons): Physics; University of Manchester, UK; 1970 PhD; Physics; University of Manchester, UK; 1975 MInstP 1986; CPhys 1986; MBCS 2004

Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool (1987 to date) Governor / Honorary Governor, Manchester College, Oxford (1993 to date)

Previous appointments: Project Leader, ICI Mond Division, 1976-77, MD, NVA Ltd, 1977-81, Lecturer in Physics, etc, and other positions up to HoD, De La Salle College and Pendleton, College, Manchester, 1981-99

'''Research:'''

* Fundamental symmetries foundational to physics, in particular a group structure relating the fundamental parameters space, time, mass and charge.
* A universal rewrite system derived from the concept zero, in collaboration with computer scientist Bernard Diaz.
* A nilpotent version of relativistic quantum mechanics, with significant applications in particle physics and cosmology.
* Fundamental mathematical structures relating to physics and biology, in collaboration with biologist Vanessa Hill (Royal Holloway College, University of London).
* Application of rewrite concept to analysis of large-scale systems in physics, biology, theoretical computing, etc., in collaboration with Peter Marcer.
* Also work on history of science, including books and articles on Newton, Oliver Lodge, Fr?hlich, Rotblat, etc., and work on the epistemology of science (Why does physics work?).

'''Awards:'''

* Best paper for Symposium on The Fundamental Semantic Foundations of the Sciences: Computational Rewrite Systems at VII CASYS Conference, Li?ge, 2005.
* Best paper for Symposium on Rewrite Science ? the Universal Semantic Calclulus and Grammatical Cosmos at VIII CASYS Conference, Li?ge, 2007, with Vanessa Hill.

'''Books:'''

* Oliver Lodge and the Liverpool Physical Society, Liverpool University Press, 1990.
* Newton and the Concept of Mass-Energy, Liverpool University Press, 1990.
* The Fundamental Parameters of Physics: An Approach towards a Unified Theory, PD Publications, Liverpool , 1991.
* Waves Versus Corpuscles: The Revolution That Never Was, PD Publications, Liverpool, 1992.
* A Revolution Too Far: The Establishment of General Relativity, PD Publications, Liverpool, 1994.
* Oliver Lodge and the Invention of Radio, PD Publications, Liverpool, 1994, editor with J. Patrick Wilson, and author of: ?Preface' (with JPW), ?Radiowaves', 39-66, ?Radio begins in 1894', 75-114, ?Waves from the Sun', 125-136, ?The Significance of the aether', 137-144.
* 120 Years of Excellence, The Physics Department at The University of Liverpool 1881-2001, U-P L Communications, Liverpool, 2001.
* Herbert Fr?hlich: A Physicist Ahead of His Time, editor, with G. J. Hyland, University of Liverpool, 2006.
* War and Peace: The Life and Work of Sir Joseph Rotblat, editor, with T. V. Attwood, and author of ?Introduction', pp 5-20 (with TVA), and ?Sir Joseph Rotblat as Teacher and Research Director', pp 75-86, University of Liverpool, 2006.
* 125 Years of Excellence, The Physics Department at The University of Liverpool 1881-2006, PD Publications, Liverpool, 2006.
* Zero to Infinity, World Scientific, Singapore, Hackensack, NJ, and London, October, 2007.

'''Papers (Selected):'''

* [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0010094 The Dirac algebra and its physical interpretation] (with J. P Cullerne)
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0103036 Applications of the nilpotent Dirac state vector] (with J. P. Cullerne)
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0109069 QED using the nilpotent formalism] (with J. P. Cullerne)
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0106111 The Dirac algebra and grand unification] (with J. P. Cullerne)
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0106054 A foundational approach to physics]
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110069 The Factor 2 in Fundamental Physics]
 </div></li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110092 The Group Structure Bases of a Foundational Approach to Physics] (with J. P. Cullerne and B. D. Koberlein)
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0209026v1 A universal alphabet and rewrite system] (with Bernard Diaz)
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0301071v1 The Nilpotent Dirac Equation and its Applications in Particle Physics]
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507188 Removing redundancy in relativistic quantum mechanics]
 </li> * [http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.0224 What is vacuum?]
 </li>

==Abstracts==

* 2010 - "[[Dual Vector Spaces as a Basis for Physics

]]"
* 2008 - "[[What is Vacuum?]]" ([http://www.physicsfoundations.org/PIRT_XI/papers/ROWLANDS%20PAPER%202008%20PPT.ppt Read in full])
* 2006 - "[[Breaking the Dirac Code]]" ([http://www.physicsfoundations.org/PIRT_X/papers/ROWLANDS%20PAPER%202006.pdf Read in full])
* 2005 - "[[How to Get Something from Nothing]]"

==Books==

* 2007 - "[[Zero to Infinity: The Foundations of Physics (Series on Knots and Everything)]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Infinity-Foundations-Physics-Everything/dp/9812709142/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1219451130&sr=11-1 Read in full])
* 1994 - "[[A Revolution Too Far: The Establishment of General Relativity]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/revolution-too-far-establishment-relativity/dp/1873694032/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219714228&sr=8-1 Read in full])
* 1992 - "[[Waves Versus Corpuscles : The Revolution That Never Was]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Waves-Versus-Corpuscles-Revolution-Never/dp/1873694016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219714782&sr=1-1 Read in full])

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