Titre : | The life and legacy of G., I. Taylor | Type de document : | texte imprimé | Auteurs : | George, Keith BATCHELOR, Auteur | Mention d'édition : | 1ère édition | Editeur : | Cambridge : Cambridge Univeristy Press | Année de publication : | 2008 | Importance : | 285 p. | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-521-46121-4 | Note générale : | Contents
Preface
Chronology
Appendices
Index | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | Catégories : | Physicien Taylor, Geoffrey, Ingam (1889-...)
| Index. décimale : | 530.92 Biographies | Résumé : | An introduction to G., I. Taylor
Taylor's family
Childhood, school and university
First steps in research
The Scotia expedition
Participation in birht of aeronautics
Return to Cambridge after World War I
Sailing
The golden years as Yarrow Research Professor between the wars
Tour in the Far East
Plasticity of crystalline materials
Turbulence : a challenge
Taylor's foreign peers in mechanics
The universal defence consultant during World War II
The aftermath of Taylor's war work
The second golden period 1951-72
The closing years
The scientific legacy of G., I. Taylor |
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