Dr. David Craig
Asst. Professor of Physics, WTAMU

Greetings. I teach various physics classes at West Texas A & M University. I am in the Department of Math Chemistry and Physics.

Resources for my classes:

• Optics TTVN Resource Area

• Math Methods TTVN Resource Area

• Modern Physics 2 Resources

About me

Degrees:

• Rhodes College B.S. Physics, 1984.
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology M. S. Physics (Instrumentation Specialty), 1988.
• University of Mississippi Ph. D. Physics, 1995. I did most of my graduate work there at the National Center for Physical Acoustics.

Professional interests:

• Science education. I think introductory science course for all majors are very important.
• Astronomy. I am collaborating with Dr. Fisher and others on small-scale radio telescopes.
• Computational Physics lately using Python, but I am also a long time fan of good ol' FORTRAN, the language of the elder gods.
• Mathematical typesetting with LaTeX, the professional's choice. You will grow old trying to write mathematics or physics in Equation Editor. The great Knuth is one of my heroes.

General intellectual interests:

• Computing: At work, I have the standard Microsoft box, but I prefer Xubuntu Linux. I also run multisession Puppy Linux off of a CD-R that I am customizing. It's its own revertable backup, and turns any x86 compatible machine into a Linux box temporarily. Cool.
• Philosophy of Mathematics,Science as Data Compression, Algorithmic Complexity, along the lines of Gregory Chaitin's work (and many others). I am not a worker in this, just a very interested spectator.
• Ham Radio I hold Amateur Extra License AD5FG. I love cw. The best book about it is The Art and Skill of Radio Telegraphy.
• Odd specialty carpentry So far I have made frames for several small dobsonian telescopes, an amplified cigar box guitar, and a replica of a 15th century navigational traverse board.