Gerald Whitham
Gerald Beresford Whitham (born December 13, 1927 in Halifax , West Yorkshire, † January 26, 2014 ) was a British-American applied mathematician who studied hydrodynamics and wave motion.
Whitham received his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1953 with James Lighthill . From 1959 he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and from 1962 at Caltech , where he helped to build up the area of applied mathematics and was Professor of Applied Mathematics ( Charles Lee Powell Professor ).
In 1965 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society and, since 1959, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1980 he received the Norbert Wiener Prize .
Fonts
- Linear and Nonlinear Waves . Wiley, 1974
Individual evidence
- ^ Professor Gerald Whitham Passes Away. California Institute of Technology, accessed February 17, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Whitham, Gerald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Whitham, Gerald Beresford (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American applied mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halifax , West Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 2014 |