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Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 3

By George Gabriel Stokes

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780511702266, 9781108002646
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511702266
Google Books ID
kmT6PwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6004267 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
Edition
1
Pages
429\429
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

Sir George Stokes (1819-1903) established the science of hydrodynamics with his law of viscosity describing the velocity of a small sphere through a viscous fluid. He published no books, but was a prolific lecturer and writer of papers for the Royal Society, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the Victoria Institute and other mathematical and scientific institutions. These collected papers (issued between 1880 and 1905) are therefore the only readily available record of the work of an outstanding and influential mathematician, who was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in Cambridge for over fifty years, Master of Pembroke College, President of the Royal Society (1885-1890), Associate Secretary of the Royal Commission on the University of Cambridge and a Member of Parliament for the University.

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