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	'''Stephen John Blundell''' (born 1967) is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford.<ref name="~~bio-source~~">{{Cite web \|title=Stephen Blundell \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blundell \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>		'''Stephen John Blundell''' (born 1967) is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web \|title=Stephen Blundell \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blundell \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

	Blundell ~~is linked here~~ as coauthor with Tom Lancaster of ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur''.		== Career and work ==
			Blundell works in condensed matter physics at Oxford, where his research uses muon-spin rotation and related techniques to study magnetic and superconducting materials.<ref name="oxford">{{Cite web \|title=Professor Stephen Blundell \|url=https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/blundells \|website=Department of Physics \|publisher=University of Oxford \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

			His Oxford profile notes work on emergent phenomena in highly correlated systems, DFT+μ calculations for muon sites, and high magnetic fields; it also records the Yamazaki Prize and the Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal.<ref name="oxford" />

			In the QFT bibliography he appears as coauthor with Tom Lancaster of ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur'', a text designed to bridge undergraduate physics and field theory.<ref name="qftga">{{Cite web \|title=Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur \|url=https://tomlancaster.webspace.durham.ac.uk/qftgabook/ \|website=Durham University \|access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref><ref name="wiki" />

	== Selected works ==		== Selected works ==
	* ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur'' (2014), with Tom Lancaster.		* ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur'' (2014), with Tom Lancaster.
			* ''Concepts in Thermal Physics'' (with Katherine Blundell).
			* Texts and research articles on magnetism, superconductivity, and muon spectroscopy.

	== References ==		== References ==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blundell Stephen Blundell]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blundell Stephen Blundell]
			* [https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/blundells Professor Stephen Blundell]
	* [https://tomlancaster.webspace.durham.ac.uk/qftgabook/ Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur]		* [https://tomlancaster.webspace.durham.ac.uk/qftgabook/ Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur]

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{{Short description|Professor of physics}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Stephen John Blundell
| birth_date = 1967
| fields = Physics; condensed matter physics; quantum field theory pedagogy
| known_for = ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur''
}}

'''Stephen John Blundell''' (born 1967) is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford.<ref name="bio-source">{{Cite web |title=Stephen Blundell |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blundell |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>

Blundell is linked here as coauthor with Tom Lancaster of ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur''.

== Selected works ==
* ''Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur'' (2014), with Tom Lancaster.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blundell Stephen Blundell]
* [https://tomlancaster.webspace.durham.ac.uk/qftgabook/ Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur]

{{Author|Harold Foppele}}