About Nick Manton
Born 1952. Nick Manton is a British mathematician, physicist and university teacher.
Nicholas Stephen Manton (born 2 October 1952 in the City of Westminster) is a British mathematical physicist. He is a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of the University of Cambridge and a fellow of St John's College.
Education Manton was educated at Dulwich College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read mathematics. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1978, under the supervision of Peter Goddard. His thesis was entitled Magnetic Monopoles and Other Extended Objects in Field Theory.
Publications
Topological Solitons (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics), by N. Manton and P. Sutcliffe (Cambridge University Press, 2004) . The Physical World: An Inspirational Tour of Fundamental Physics, by M. Manton and N. Mee (Oxford University Press, 2017) . Skyrmions - A Theory Of Nuclei, by N. Manton (World Scientific, 2022) .
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British mathematician
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Nick Manton was born on 2 October 1952 in City of Westminster.
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