Alan Giambattista grew up in Nutley, New Jersey. In his junior year at Brigham
Young University he decided to pursue a physics major, after having explored math,
music, and psychology. He did his graduate studies at Cornell University and has taught
introductory college physics for over 20 years. When not found at the computer
keyboard working on Physics, he can often be found at the keyboard of a harpsichord or
piano. He is a member of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and has given performances
of the Bach harpsichord concerti at several regional Bach festivals. He met his wife
Marion in a singing group. They live in an 1824 parsonage built for an abolitionist minister,
which is now surrounded by an organic dairy farm. Besides making music and
taking care of the house, gardens, and fruit trees, they love to travel together.