Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
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)







