Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
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Sir George Stokes | |
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Born | 13 August 1819 Skreen, Coonty Sligo, Ireland |
Dee'd | 1 Februar 1903 Cambridge, Ingland | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Kent for | Stokes' law Stokes' theorem Stokes line Stokes nummer Stokes relations Stokes shift Navier–Stokes equations |
Awairds | Smith's Prize (1841) Rumford Medal (1852) Copley Medal (1893) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics an physics |
Institutions | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Academic advisors | William Hopkins |
Notable students | Horace Lamb |
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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, PRS (13 August 1819 – 1 Februar 1903), wis a mathematician, physicist, politeecian an theologian.
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