Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
George Batchelor
Born: March 8, 1920
Died: March 30, 2000 (aged 80)
Bio: George Keith Batchelor FRS was an Australian applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist. He was for many years the Professor of Applied Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, and was founding head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
Known for:
- An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics (1967)
- The theory of homogeneous turbulence (1953)
- The life and legacy of G.I. Taylor (1996)