Married to my precious wife, Elfi in 1977. She died in 2004. Our two children are Peter and Sadye. My two daughters, Karen and Lisa, are from previous marriages.

Research Areas: Experimental Condensed Matter, electro-optical phenomena, superfluidity, quantum theory, group theory.

Publications: Technical research journal articles, occasional non-technical pieces, book: "Primer of Quantum Mechanics", 1987, John Wiley, N.Y., 2003 Dover Edition

Abiding Interest:

The operation of natural process in all spheres of inquiry:

at the foundations of physics,
in the evolution of species,
in the epidemiology of ideas,
in the bondage of passion,
in social transactions,
in the tumult of economics.

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e-mail: chester@physics.ucla.edu