George Gabriel Stokes
Life, Science and Faith
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 3 July 2019
- ISBN 9780198822868
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 252x195x20 mm
- Weight 744 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This edited collection of essays brings together experts in mathematics, physics and the history of science to cover the many facets of Stokes's life in a scholarly but accessible way to mark the bicentenary of his birth.
MoreLong description:
George Gabriel Stokes was one of the most important mathematical physicists of the 19th century. During his lifetime he made a wide range of contributions, notably in continuum mechanics, optics and mathematical analysis. His name is known to generations of scientists and engineers through the various physical laws and mathematical formulae named after him, such as the Navier-Stokes equations in fluid dynamics. Born in Ireland into a family of academics, clergymen and physicians, he became the longest serving Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge.
Impressive as his own scientific achievements were, he made an equally important contribution as a sounding board for his contemporaries, providing good judgement and mathematical rigour in his wide correspondence and during his 31 years as Secretary of the Royal Society where he played a major role in the direction of British science. Outside his own area he was a distinguished public servant and MP for Cambridge University. He was keenly interested in the relation between science and religion and wrote at length on their interaction. Stokes was a remarkable scientist who lived in an equally remarkable age of discovery and innovation.
This edited collection of essays brings together experts in mathematics, physics and the history of science to cover the many facets of Stokes's life in a scholarly but accessible way to mark the bicentenary of his birth.
This book provided me with many insights into Stokes' life, science and faith and so amply fulfilled the promise of its title. Perhaps my background makes me somewhat biased, but I found it fascinating to read and would thoroughly recommend it as a way to learn about one of the less well known Victorian scientists who also had a clear Christian faith.
Table of Contents:
Introductory biography
The Stokes family in Ireland and Cambridge
"Stokes of Pembroke S.W. & a very good one" - The Mathematical Education of George Gabriel Stokes
Stokes's optics I : Waves in lumeniferous ether
Stokes's optics II : Other phenomena in light
Stokes's fundamental contributions to fluid dynamics.
Stokes's Mathematical work
George Gabriel Stokes and the Royal Society
Stokes and engineering: The analysis of the structure of railway bridges and their collapse
Faith and thought: Stokes as a religious man of science
The Scientific legacy of George Gabriel Stokes
