Quote of the day
The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
Horace Lamb
Born: November 27, 1849
Died: December 4, 1934 (aged 85)
Bio: Sir Horace Lamb FRS was an English applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics, among them Hydrodynamics and Dynamical Theory of Sound. Both of these books remain in print.
Known for:
- Hydrodynamics (1895)
- The Dynamical Theory of Sound (1910)
- Higher Mechanics (1920)