Quote of the day
But the branches of industry are so multifarious, the divisions of labour so minutes and manifold, that it seems at first almost impossible to reduce them to any system
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)







