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William Haloupek


Biography

William Haloupek
Mathematician -- PhD 1992
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Astronomy is my hobby. Kind of an obsession at times!

I started out in Topology and Analysis at Texas Tech, then went to Wisconsin and switched to Applied Math. Started working on a PhD thesis in General Relativity, then changed to Dynamical Systems, and ended up with a PhD in Differentiability Theory.

I'm pretty comfortable with most Math and Classical Physics. Never could understand the Quantum stuff. Elementary Particle Theory makes no sense to me.

I also worked as a radar engineer in the missile defense industry for 10 years. After 10 years I can't claim to be a real engineer. I just worked on the mathematical problems the engineers could come up with for me. Still, it gave me an appreciation of the "real world."

Other hobbies: genealogy, coin collecting,science fiction, philosophy, hiking.

Where to find William Haloupek online

Website: http://haloupek.posterous.com/
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Books

Control Zombies Suck Brains from Living Skulls    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 2160 words. Published on February 22, 2012. Fiction.
It would all be over soon, as I was the last of my kind. The only hope for humanity was that zombie scientists would someday clone humans and raise them as livestock.
Principles of Galactic Warfare    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 3360 words. Published on December 26, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
This is a manual written by a military strategist in the far future, when warfare is conducted on a galactic scale.
Bounded in a Nutshell    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 2520 words. Published on December 26, 2011. Fiction.
This is a short story, in the science fiction/horror genre. It is told in the first person. The narrator is in a kind of prison for the criminally insane. He is highly intelligent, but an extreme sociopath.
Scientists and Intellectuals in Entertainment    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 2380 words. Published on December 26, 2011. Essay.
Scientists and intellectuals are often poorly portrayed by the entertainment industry. An easy choice for an evil antagonist is a mad scientist. An equally easy choice for a ridiculous fool is a scientist without common sense. These stereotypes are reinforced again and again in movies, television and literature. It’s amazing when any child grows up wanting to be a scientist, in our culture.
Far-called    by William Haloupek
Price: $3.99 USD. 75090 words. Published on December 23, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
As many cool ideas per page as possible. Indiana Jones on Mars! This book is half science and half fiction. It describes what life might be like in the 35th Century.

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