About DM

What I Do

• I studied astrophysics at the University of Sydney. My Ph.D. project was a study of absorption lines in high-redshift quasar spectra, using high-resolution spectroscopy observations made at the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Springs, near Coonabarabran, New South Wales.
• I taught experimental physics in the university undergraduate laboratories for seven years.
• I gave lectures on stellar evolution and cosmology as part of an adult education course in modern physics for three years.
• For two years I was the Webmaster and Australian National Representative for CricInfo, helping to build it from an amateur site to the most popular single-sport web site in the world.
• I worked at the Australia Telescope National Facility designing and implementing a WWW preprint server, in cooperation with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, USA.
• Then I worked with Agentis International, designing and implementing user interfaces and communication protocols to a back end artificial intelligence system.
• Then I worked with IBM Global Services Australia, doing web site coding and back end integration for e-business clients.
• Then I taught high school science.
• Then I worked as an educational consultant for the Australian Institute of Mathematics.
• I write books and other material for the GURPS role-playing game line, as well as articles for Pyramid magazine.
• I work for Canon Information Systems Research Australia on image processing projects.

Erdős-Bacon Number: 7

Erdős Number: 4

• David Morgan-Mar and Geoff Bailey, "Xvoigt - An interactive absorption line fitting program for the X Window System," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 12 (2), 1995.
• Geoff Bailey and Elias Dahlhaus, "Recognition of path graphs in linear time," Theoretical Computer Science (Ravello, 1995), 201-210, World Sci. Publ., River Edge, NJ, 1996.
• Elias Dahlhaus and Wayne D. Goddard, "MAD trees and distance-hereditary graphs," Discrete Applied Mathematics 131 (2003), no. 1, 151-167.
• Wayne D. Goddard and Paul Erdős, "Crossing families," Combinatorica 14 (1994), no. 2, 127-134.

• David Morgan-Mar was in The People vs. George Lucas (2010) with Ahmed Best.
• Ahmed Best was in Open Window (2006) with Elliott Gould.
• Elliott Gould was in The Big Picture (1989) with Kevon Bacon.

Publications

1. Pettini, M.; Hunstead, R. W.; Smith, L. J.; and Mar, D. P., 1990, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 246, 545-564. "The Lyman alpha forest at 6 km/s resolution."
2. Mar, D., 1991, Proc. A. S. A., 9, (1), 195. Book review, "At the Edge of the Universe by Alan Wright and Hilary Wright."
3. Manchester, R. N.; Mar, D. P.; Lyne, A.; Kaspi, V.; and Johnston, S., 1993, Astrophys. J. (Letters), 403, L29-L31. "Radio detection of PSR B0540-69."
4. Hunstead, R. W.; Mar, D. P.; and Pettini, M., 1995, J. Astrophys. Astr., 16 Suppl., 103. "The Lyman alpha absorbers - probes of the high redshift universe."
5. Mar, D. P., and Bailey, G., 1995, P. A. S. A., 12, (2), 239. "Xvoigt - An interactive absorption line fitting program for the X Window System."
6. Mar, D. P., 1995, Ph. D. thesis, University of Sydney. "High Resolution Studies of the Lyman α Forest."
7. Morgan-Mar, D., 1999, Pyramid, 2 April, 1999. "Spice up Your RoboRally."
8. Morgan-Mar, D., 1999, Pyramid, 24 September, 1999. "There's No Place Like Home."
9. Jackson, Steve; and Barton, William A., GURPS Space, 3rd Edition, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 1999, ISBN 1-55634-390-6. Playtester.
10. Hite, K.; Neumeier, C.; and Schiffer, M. S., GURPS Alternate Earths 2, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 1999, ISBN 1-55634-399-X. Playtester.
11. Ford, John M.; and Maliszewski, J., GURPS Traveller: Starports, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2000, ISBN 1-55634-401-5. Playtester.
12. Lowder, James, GURPS Villains, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2000, ISBN 1-55634-414-7. Playtester.
13. Stoddard, William H., GURPS Steampunk, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2000, ISBN 1-55634-419-8. Additional material author.
14. Morgan-Mar, D., 2000, Pyramid, 8 December, 2000. "Floating on Air."
15. O'Sullivan, Steffan, GURPS Bestiary, 3rd Edition, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2000, ISBN 1-55634-412-0. Contributing author.
16. Stoddard, William H., GURPS Low-Tech, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2001, ISBN 1-55634-343-4. Additional material author.
17. Pratchett, Terry; and Masters, Phil, GURPS Discworld Also, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2001, ISBN 1-55634-447-3. Playtester.
18. Masters, Phil, GURPS Atlantis, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2001, ISBN 1-55634-478-3. Playtester.
19. Kenson, Stephen, GURPS Spirits, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2001, ISBN 1-55634-516-X. Playtester.
20. Johnson, Hunter, GURPS Monsters, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2001, ISBN 1-55634-518-6. Contributing author.
21. Johnson, Hunter, 2001, Pyramid, 23 December, 2001. "GURPS Monsters Designers Notes."
22. Stoddard, William H., GURPS Steam-Tech, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2001, ISBN 1-55634-563-1. Contributing author.
23. Morgan-Mar, D., 2002, Pyramid, 11 January, 2002. "The World in a Bottle."
24. Morgan-Mar, D., 2002, Pyramid, 22 March, 2002. "Appendix Z: Not So Plain Sailing."
25. Morgan-Mar, D., 2002, Pyramid, 12 April, 2002. "Sports in Role-Playing Games."
26. Morgan-Mar, D., 2002, Pyramid, 26 April, 2002. "Appendix Z: Starship Troubles."
27. Underhill, Brian J., GURPS Cliffhangers, 2nd Edition, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2002, ISBN 1-55634-589-5. Additional material author.
28. Cambias, James L., GURPS Mars, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2002, ISBN 1-55634-534-8. Playtester.
29. Morgan-Mar, D., 2002, Pyramid, 22 November, 2002. "Transtoony Space."
30. Morgan-Mar, D., 2003, Pyramid, 10 January, 2003. "Fantasy Astrology: When The Stars Are Right."
31. Pulver, David, Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2003, ISBN 1-55634-586-0. Playtester.
32. Morgan-Mar, D., 2003, Pyramid, 25 April, 2003. "Appendix Z: Information Overload!"
33. Stoddard, William H.; and Zeigler, Jon F., GURPS Blue Planet, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2003, ISBN 1-55634-588-7. Additional material author.
34. Morgan-Mar, David; Peters, Kenneth; and Thomas, Constantine, 2003, Pyramid, 5 September, 2003. "Designers' Notes: Transhuman Space: Under Pressure."
35. Morgan-Mar, D., 2003, Pyramid, 12 September, 2003. "Fantasy Cosmology: When The Stars Are Just Lights."
36. Morgan-Mar, David; Peters, Kenneth; and Thomas, Constantine, Transhuman Space: Under Pressure, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2003, ISBN 1-55634-678-6.
37. Morgan-Mar, D., 2003, Pyramid, 10 October, 2003. "First Contact: We Are Not Alone."
38. Morgan-Mar, D., 2003, Pyramid, 7 November, 2003. "Australian Aboriginal Magic."
39. Morgan-Mar, D., 2004, Pyramid, 27 February, 2004. "Losing the Memories of Civilization."
40. Morgan-Mar, D., 2004, Pyramid, 2 April, 2004. "Campaign in a Box: Situation Conspiracy."
41. Morgan-Mar, D., 2004, Pyramid, 21 May, 2004. "The Last Stone Age Adventure: The Hidden Valley of the Kulku."
42. Morgan-Mar, D., 2004, Pyramid, 6 August, 2004. "Iron Ref: Cliffhangers -- The Musical Clue."
43. Morgan-Mar, D, GURPS Update, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2004.
44. Morgan-Mar, D., 2004, Pyramid, 20 August, 2004. "GURPS Fourth Edition Preview: Updating Katrina."
45. Morgan-Mar, D., 2004, Pyramid, 27 August, 2004. "The Seven Deadly Magics."
46. Morgan-Mar, D., Singapore Sling, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2005.
47. Jackson, Steve, Munchkin Fu 2: Monky Business, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2005, ISBN 1-55634-739-1. Title name.
48. Morgan-Mar, D., GURPS Casey & Andy, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2005.
49. Morgan-Mar, D., 2005, Pyramid, 15 July, 2005. "Creatures of the Night: The Idden."
50. Zeigler, Jon; and Cambias, James, GURPS Space, 4th Edition, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2006, ISBN 1-55634-245-4. Playtester.
51. Doc Cross, TOON Munchkin, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2006. Playtester.
52. Morgan-Mar, D.; and Pulver, D., 2006, Pyramid, 22 September, 2006. "Designers' Notes: GURPS Bio-Tech."
53. Morgan-Mar, D., 2006, Pyramid, 22 September, 2006. "The Omniscient Eye: Why Is The Sky Green (On Caphelon IV)?"
54. Morgan-Mar, David; and Pulver, David, GURPS Bio-Tech, 2nd Edition, Steve Jackson Games, Austin, 2006, ISBN 1-55634-752-9.
55. Larkin, K.; Morgan-Mar, D.; Deller, C., 2007, Australian Physics, 44, (2), 57-59. "Physics at CiSRA."
56. Deller, Christine Anne; Morgan-Mar, David Peter; Arnison, Matthew R., Australian Patent Application 2007254622, "Systems for optical transfer function measurement with perspective alignment", filed 2007-12-21.
57. Deller, Christine Anne; Morgan-Mar, David Peter; Larkin, Kieran Gerard; Arnison, Matthew R.; Hardy, Stephen James, Australian Patent Application 2007254627, "Geometric parameter measurement of an imaging device ", filed 2007-12-21.
58. Morgan-Mar, David Peter; Arnison, Matthew R., Australian Patent Application 2008229672, " Image quality test chart calibration", filed 2008-09-26.
59. Deller, Christine Anne; Morgan-Mar, David Peter; Arnison, Matthew R., Australian Patent Application 2008249442, "Chart linearity measurement in variable lighting", filed 2008-11-27.
60. Booth, John, Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek - The First 30 Years, 2nd Edition, Lulu.com, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4357-4376-2. Foreword.
61. Morgan-Mar, David Peter; Larkin, Kieren Gerard, Australian Patent Application 2009251020, "Method of encoding data", filed 2009-12-17.