birth_place fields birth_date spouse article_title name alma_mater
jersey city , new jersey theoretical physics , mathematical physics 20 november 1922 carolyn dines nee arfken george b. arfken
 george b. arfken yale university , 1943
george b. arfken

george brown arfken -lrb- born november 20 , 1922 -rrb- is an american theoretical physicist and the author of several mathematical physics texts .
he was a physics professor at miami university from 1952 -- 1983 and the chair of the miami university physics department from 1956 -- 1972 .
he is currently an emeritus professor at miami university .
arfken is also an authority on canadian philately .
