Cyril Isenberg

MBE Cyril Isenberg
Nationality	British
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Kent

Cyril Isenberg MBE is an English physicist at the University of Kent, where he is an Honorary Lecturer.[1]

Isenberg is known for pioneering the analog computing possibilities of soap bubbles; in 2012, his 1976 article on the subject was one of a set of "classic articles" selected by American Scientist to celebrate their centennial.[2][3] He has also frequently given physics lectures to schoolchildren and appeared in television shows, and is the organizer of the British Physics Olympiad.[4] He is the author of books The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles (Dover, 1978) and Physics Experiments and Projects for Students (with S. Chomet, Taylor & Francis, 1989 & 1996).

In 1994, Isenberg won the Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics for his contributions to physics education.[4][5] In 2008, he became a Member of the Order of the British Empire.[4]

References

1. Faculty directory, University of Kent, retrieved 2012-07-04.
2. Kent professor Dr Cyril Isenberg cleans up with soap suds theory, KentOnline, 12 June 2012.
3. Isenberg, Cyril (1976), "The soap film: an analogue computer", American Scientist, 64 (5): 514–518, Bibcode:1976AmSci..64..514I, JSTOR 27847462. Reprinted in American Scientist, May–June 2012, doi:10.1511/2012.96.1.
4. Kent Physicist awarded MBE, University of Kent Faculty of Sciences, February 2008, retrieved 2012-07-04.
5. "Institute of Physics", The Independent, 29 January 1994, archived from the original on 25 January 2013.