Parry Moon

Parry H. Moon
Born(1898-02-14)February 14, 1898
DiedMarch 4, 1988(1988-03-04) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
MIT
Known forContributions to electromagnetic field theory
Holors
Awards1974 Illuminating Engineering Society's Gold Medal
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineer
InstitutionsMIT

Parry Hiram Moon (/mn/; February 14, 1898 – March 4, 1988) was an American electrical engineer who, with Domina Eberle Spencer, co-wrote eight scientific books and over 200 papers on subjects including electromagnetic field theory, color harmony, nutrition, aesthetic measure and advanced mathematics. He also developed a theory of holors.[2]

  1. ^ Optics News, Volume 14, Optical Society of America, 1988, p. 3. [dead link]
  2. ^ Moon, Parry Hiram; Spencer, Domina Eberle (1986). Theory of Holors: A Generalization of Tensors. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-01900-2.