Also, Passions, Loves, Hobies and Interests
William C. Hammel, Jr.
a.k.a William C. Hammel
a.k.a William Hammel
alias Bill Hammel
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INTRODUCTION:
As far back as my spotty memory goes, my major loves were
reading, hard sciences (mathematics and physics) even when I
didn't know the proper names to call them, and music. I've
always been sorry that there was no one around, even through
HS who had the knowledge to feed me enough mathematics
or physics to satisfy my thirst. At that time, biology
and chemistry was nothing more than a few rules and great
taxonomy - bored the hell out of me. Generally, I learned
to despise school, and learned out of necessity to teach
myself whatever it was I became interested in. To this day,
I hold the entire "educational system" in absolute contempt
as completely destructive, and a total waste of time.
I got through it all, just for spite, doing pretty much as
I pleased, and mostly managing to hide the growing contempt.
Growing up as a teenager, most of my friends' parents all
spoke between six and a dozen languages. My own piano
teacher spoke twelve, the latest was Estonian learned
from her husband. She, and my other teachers in music were
the only teachers that I ever had who very patiently fed
me all that I could absorb, slowly nurturing my ear to hear
nuances of composition and performance. The rest were mostly
less than useless idiots.
The jump from learning languages to the theory of linguistics
that tied things together was simply too attractive. My
delight at eventually finding that linguistics, music,
mathematical logic, computer programming languages and
abstract algebra could be tied together with the theory
of formal languages (thank you, Noam Chomsky) was wonderful.
The jump into molecular biology and computer programming
was simply a wonderful accident since languages were
already, in concrete and in abstract, part of the toybox
in my head, and biology had by then made sufficient contact
with mathematics and physics that it had become really
interesting.
Some time as an undergraduate in college, I realized that
a fundamental and truly interesting question was where and
how space and time came to be. What was it, anyhow? That
became and continues to define the nexus of questions that
will not leave my head. As a little foray that seemed to
be associated with that question, I invented a rudimentary
differential and integral calculus of fractional order.
When I rather excitedly showed my mathematics and physics
professors the idea and results, they were almost irate,
asking "What good is that?". On discovering, later that
year, that Bernhardt Riemann had already sketched such
a theory in a slightly different way for general complex order
in 1847, I was a bit disappointed, and angered at the complete
stupidity and ignorance of my so called teachers.
Contempt++;
As a teacher I've always tried to teach as I would like to
have been "taught"; that way doesn't work in the system;
I don't teach; it's too painful to deal with pupils who have
already been completely destroyed.
Of late, I have discovered that as personality features:
1) I generally don't choose my battles, since I would prefer
to have none: they choose me and leave me no choice.
I don't choose to have enemies; they choose me.
2) I am my friends' best friend, whether they know it or not.
3) I am my enemy's worst nightmare, whether they know it
or not. Annihilation is my long term objective, no matter
the consequences.
4) Chosen as an enemy, I am a vicious uncompromising pitbull
in response. "Whatever it takes" - Janet Reno has no
concept of the phrase. Her political tongue just flaps
in the breeze.
5) Once engaged in battle, losing is *not* an option, it
is merely a problem to be solved, and solve it I will.
6) I an *not* a "team player"; we do it my way or not
at all.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Theoretical Physics - University of Wisconsin.
Major areas: General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory,
High Energy/Particle Physics and Statistical Mechanics
Minor: Mathematics
M.S. Mathematics - Long Island University.
with Graduate study in Physics, and Music with
Stefan Wolpe
B.A. Mathematics - Long Island University.
Minors: Physics, Music, Philosophy, Comparative
Linguistics with Graduate study in Mathematics, Physics,
and graduate Music with Raoul Pleskow
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POSITIONS:
DISABLED, with spinal cord atrophy, made desitute and barely
able to walk due to the malicious fraud committed by my
erstwhile "insurance" company, State Farm Indeminity of
New Jersey. All of these webpages are made possible by the
courtesy of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) of
Western North Carolina and courtesy of the SSI program of
Social Security. Without SSI, which paid for the surgery
necessary to halt the continuing damage to my spinal cord,
State Farm, in its malicious denial of medical treatment that
I had already paid for, would have been succesful at murder
with the inpunity sanctioned by an already corrupt government.
President Ultra Videos Inc.
President Lex/Data Inc.
President Lambda/Micro Inc.
systems and software development,
consultant, analyst and programmer.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, UW - Parkside
CURRENT INTERESTS:
Local theory of Quantum Gravity, Nonunitary Quantum Mechanics
with Relativistic Covariance, in finite dimensional Hilbert
spaces. Quantum set theory and quantized space-time manifolds
with curvature associated with the above.
Mathematical extensions of the concept of derivative of a
function with respect to a variable to the derivative of and
operator with respect to the spectrum of another operator in
the context of finite dimensional C*-algebras.
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PROJECTS OF OLD:
Design and implementation of enhanced LISP interpreter and
compiler specifically for a UNIX environment using modern
methods of memory management, virtual memory, and time
distributed garbage collection. Programming for the
interpreter is in C, and is intended to supply a Unix based
Common Lisp dialect with a complete smart arithmetic that is
based on the complex field. Approximately 35000 lines of C
code.
Design and implementation of total office automation system,
in a UNIX environment, for attorneys specializing in tort
law. Responsibilities included: hardware selection,
configuration and interfacing; specifications and writing;
tuning of UNIX Kernel, telecommunications setup; analysis of
clients' needs from which software and hardware requirements
were determined. Architectural design of database system
optimized for specific functionality; database specification
design and creation; coding of over 48,000 lines of C, and
4000 lines of unix shell programming; design and programming
of associated legal documents distributed over 500 files;
writing of all attendant documentation for the legal
automation system; UNIX system setup and instruction for the
final system with regard to use and system administration.
various smaller projects and problem solving for OEMs.
Lecturer in Unix, Shell programming and C Language - public
and at FCC in Washington D.C.
Research in Molecular Biology:
Columbia University with UNIX/C involving high level
programming languages for graphics and electromagnetic
energetics, applied to the relationship between molecular
function and molecular geometry, with special attention to
discovering the bioenergetic geometry, and action of the
toxin colicine.
Research in Computer Science:
The statistical mechanics of large computer networks.
Research in Physics:
On Space-Time Quantization and Quantum Set Theory.
Commissioned Musical Composition:
For full orchestra by the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
for U.S. Bicentennial.
Election to ASCAP
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TEACHING THINGS:
As Computer consultant lectured in public corporate and
governmental seminars in Unix operating system and C
programming language.
Private instruction in Piano and Musical Composition.
As visiting professor of physics taught laboratory courses,
general physics, classical mechanics, modern physics and
computer programming.
As graduate teaching assistant, uniquely selected to design
and teach an advanced undergraduate course on the quantum
approach to the electrical properties of materials.
As graduate fellow, co-organizer of and lecturer on
applications of C*-algebras and the theory of unbounded
operators in quantum field theory, in a special "lyceum"
designed to encourage greater communication between the
departments of mathematics and physics.
PUBLICATIONS & WRITINGS:
"Finite Dimensional Quantum Algebra with Relativistic
Covariance" (In progress)
"Quantum Set Theory from Finite Dimensional Canonical
Commutation Relations" (In progress)
"Spectral Derivative in Finite Dimensional C*-Algebras" (In
progress)
"The Canonical Anticommutation Relation as a Metalinguistic
denial of the Law of Double Negation in a Sentential
Calculus of Strings with Reference to Space-Time
Quantization." Privately Circulated (1981)
"A Primitive Boson-Fermion Model of a Quantized Space-Time",
Privately Circulated (1981)
"Strong and Weak Gravity: A Context for Unbiased
Birefringence", with E. Lubkin, Il Nuovo Cimento, 26B,
377-395 (1975)
"Strong and Weak Gravity: A Class of Generally Covariant
Mixing Models of Spin-2 Neutral Fields: Linearization.", Il
Nuovo Cimento, 25B, 757-785 (1975)
"An exact Spherically Symmetric Local Solution in a Class of
'Strong' and 'Weak' Two-Tensor Gravity Theories.", Journal
of Mathematical Physics, 16, 2114-2122 (1975)
"The Partition Function of the One-dimensional Spin-1
Lattice.", Privately Circulated (1974)
"Strong and Weak Gravity: A Generally Covariant Class of
Mixing Models of Spin-2 Neutral Fields.", Thesis, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1974)
"Some Theorems On Symmetries in Two-Tensor Gravity
Theories." Privately Circulated (1974)
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OTHER GENERAL INTERESTS:
Philosophy, Theoretical Linguistics, Languages, Martial
Arts, Chemical evolution, Genetic evolution, Self-
Reproducing Automata, Molecular neurology, Weight Training
and physiology, Music as language, notions of quantum
psychology, and theories of consciousness, Cooking, Films.
These are Some of my Favorite Things
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* Weight Lifting
* Shaolin Northern Tiger, White Crane Kung Fu
* Tai Ch'i
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Hiking
* Mountain Silence
* Forests
* Gardening, Food that is
* Spending time with friends
* Motorcycles - Ronnie Cramer's MOTORCYCLE WEB INDEX
* Science and Math
* Science Fiction
* Computers
* Languages
* Food, Glorious Food
* Cooking: Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Greek, French, Japanese, Thai
* Music (classical, completely different)
* Videos
* Reading
* Writing (words and tones)
* Making things
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Musical References
Music - Piano, Organ, Chamber, Orchestral, Opera, etc.
My own<, of course, and
[Leaving out a few thousand]
* Bach
Art of the Fugue
B minor Mass
The Magnificat
Organ Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
"Bist Du bei mir"
Cello suites, Violin sonatas and partitas,
Organ toccata in F major
D minor clavier concerto (the big one)
Goldberg Variations
Italian Concerto
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue
Brandenburg Concerti ... endless
* Barber
String Quartet Op. 11
Piano Sonata
* Beethoven
Fidelio,
Christus am Oelberg
Missa Solemnis,
Symphonie, Concertos,
Hammerklavier Sonata
Diabelli Variations
Kreutzer Sonata
Grosse Fuga
Late String Quartets ... endless
* Berg
Piano Sonata
Wozzeck
* Berlioz
The Requiem
Nuites d'etes
Damnation of Faust
Symphonie Fantastique
Benvenuto Cellini
* Brahms
Symphonies, Concertos,
Clarinet Quintet,
Piano Pieces ...
* Busoni
Doktor Faustus
Fantasia Contrapuntistica
Bach Transcriptions for piano
* Chopin
Concertos, Sonatas 2 and 3, Sonata for Celo and Piano
Etudes, Ballades, Nocturnes ...
* Gounod
Faust
* Ligeti
Lontano
Atmospheres
Requiem
* Liszt!
B minor piano sonata
Faust Symphony
Transcendental Etudes
Organ Fantasie and Fuge on "Ad Nos Ad Salutarem Undam"
Organ Fantasie and Fuge on BACH
Unstern
* Mozart
Symphonies, Concertos
The Magic Flute
Marriage of Figaro
* Penderecki
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
De Natura Sonoris
The Devils of Loudon
Canticum Canticorum
* Pleskow
Per Vege Viene (1970)
Motet and Madrigal
Movement for Oboe, Violin and Piano
Bagatelles with Contrabass
Piece for Piano
...
* Ravel
Mirroirs
Gaspard de la Nuit
* Reger
Piano Variations and Double Fugue on and theme of J.S. Bach
Piano Variations and Double Fugue on and theme of Telemann
Organ Fantasie and Fuge on BACH
* Stockhausen
Klavierstuecken
* Schubert
Wanderer Fantasie
Impromptus Op. 90
Der Erlkoenig
* Schuman (R.)
Symphonies
Piano Conceto, Piano Fantasia in C, Toccata
* Strauss
Four Last Songs
Also sprach Zarathustra
Capriccio
Elektra
Salome
* Varese
Arcana
Desertes
* Verdi
The Requiem
Falstaff, Traviata, Trovatore, Aida
* Wagner
Lohengrin
The Ring Cycle
Tristan and Isolde
* Webern
Concerto for Orchestra
Piano Variations
Variations for Orchestra
* Wolpe
Passcacaglia for Piano
Quartet (1950)
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Movie Info: Internet Movie Database [LINK]
CineMedia Database - Search
Flicks Home Page - Latest Creations from Hollywood
Video Purchase & Rental: Reel.Com [LINK]
[Leaving out a few hundred]
* 2001 A Space Odyssey
* 7 Years in Tibet
* Addams Family Values
* Addams Family, The
* After Hours (1985)
* Air Force One
* Aliens
* All the Mornings of the World
* Amadeus
* An Apt Pupil
* Aria
* Artificial Intelligence
* Babylon 5 (anything)
* Baghdad Cafe
* Barbarians, The
* Basketcase
* Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau)
* Becket
* Birdy
* Being There
* Black Orpheus
* Blade Runner
* Blood Sport
* Blue Angel
* Bram Stoker's Dracula
* Brave Heart
* Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
* Circle of Friends
* Broken Arrow
* Clockwork Orange
* Colossus: The Forbin Project
* Crimson Tide (with *good* sound system)
* Cry Baby
* Crazy People
* Crow, The
* Damned, The
* David and Lisa
* Day The Earth Stood Still, The
* Dead Man Walking
* Desperate Measures
* Devil's Advocate
* Die Hard I and II
* Don Juan DeMarco
* Dr. Bethune
* Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
* Dracula, Dead and Loving It
* Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
* Duck Soup
* Dune
* Edge, The
* Edward II
* Edward Scissorhands
* Evil Dead I, II, III
* Enemy Mine
* English Patient, The
* Enter the Dragon
* Extreme Measures
* F/X
* Face/off
* Fahrenheit 451
* Fantastic Voyage
* Farinelli
* Fellini's Satyricon
* Few Good Men, A
* Fifth Element, The
* Flash Gordon serials and movies (Larry "Buster" Crabbe)
* Fountainhead, The
* Four Weddings and a Funeral
* Frankenstein Unbound
* Fresa y Chocolat
* Fugitive, The
* Gallipoli
* Garden, The
* Gods and Monsters
* Good Will Hunting
* Grand Illusion
* Holy Man
* Hotel New Hampshire
* I. Q.
* Immortal Beloved
* In and Out
* Indiana Jones (all of 'em)
* Interview With the Vampire
* Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II
* Jeffrey
* Keep, The
* Killer, The
* Knight Moves
* La Femme Nikita
* Last Action Hero
* Last Boy Scout, The
* Lethal Weapon
* Lethal Weapon 2
* Lethal Weapon 3
* Lifeforce
* Like Water For Chocolate
* Lion in Winter, A
* Little Buddha
* Lord of the Rings, The
* Lorenzo's Oil
* Lost Boys, The
* Mad Max
* Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
* Madame Souzatska
* Madness of King George, The
* Man Called Horse, A
* Man for all Seasons, A (P. Scofield)
* Map of the Human Heart
* Masque of the Red Death
* Maybe ,,, Maybe Not (German)
* Meet Joe Black
* Men in Black
* Mensch gegen sich und Gott gegen Alles (German)
* Merchant of Venice, The (Burton and Taylor)
* Metropolis
* Midnight Clear, A
* Milagro Bean War
* Mishima
* Mummy, The (Karloff)
* Music Lesson, The
* Music Teacher, The
* My Best Friends Wedding
* Mystic Pizza
* Narrow Margin
* Needful Things
* Nell
* Night at the Opera, A
* Ninth Gate, The
* Nosferatu
* Nuts
* Philadelphia
* Olympia (1939)
* Out of Africa
* Party, The
* Powder
* Pink Panther, The
* Pixote
* Prince of Tides
* Practical Magic
* Prophecy, The (I, II)
* Pumping Iron
* Rain Maker, The (Grisham's)
* Rapid Fire
* River Runs Through It, A
* Ritz, The
* Road Warrior
* Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
* Simon Birch
* Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
* Scent of a Woman
* Sebastien
* School Ties
* Serial Mom
* Seven Years In Tibet
* Seventh Seal, The
* Shadow, The
* Shawshank Redemption, The
* Sleep My Love
* Slingblade
* Soapdish
* Spaceballs
* Spetters
* Star Wars
* Street Trash
* Switchblade
* Ten to Midnight
* That Certain Feeling
* Thirty Two Short Films About Glen Gould
* Threesome
* To Die For I and II
* Total Recall
* Toys
* Twister
* Undercover Blues
* V
* Victim, The
* Wag The Dog
* What Dreams May Come
* What ever happened to Gilbert Grape
* Wild Stawberries
* Wild Things (1998)
* Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
* Yentl
* Young Frankenstein, The
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