Horace Lamb
English mathematician (1849–1934) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Horace Lamb FRS[3] (27 November 1849 – 4 December 1934[4]) was a British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics, among them Hydrodynamics (1895) and Dynamical Theory of Sound (1910).[5] Both of these books remain in print. The word vorticity was invented by Lamb in 1916.[6]
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Born | (1849-11-27)27 November 1849 |
Died | 4 December 1934(1934-12-04) (aged 85) Cambridge, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Lamb vector Lamb–Oseen vortex Lamb–Chaplygin dipole Lamb waves Lamb surfaces Skin effect Volume viscosity |
Awards | Smith's Prize (1872) Royal Medal (1902) De Morgan Medal (1911) Copley Medal (1923) |
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Academic advisors | James Clerk Maxwell[1] George Gabriel Stokes[2] |
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