Douglas Rayner Hartree : His Life in Science and Computing

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Charlotte Froese.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hartree, Douglas R. (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958.

Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Scientists.

Hartree, Douglas R.

Local Subjects:

Hartree, Douglas R. (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958.

Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This scientific biography of Douglas R Hartree not only describes important events in his life but also outlines his contributions to a number of fields. He is best known for his "self-consistent field" theory for atoms, a theory he later used for the much more difficult problem of predicting the behavior of a magnetron. When Fock pre-empted his work on exchange, he began research into radio-wave propagation. Hartree was very interested in the process of computation. When he learned of a differential analyzer for solving differential equations, he first built a model using Meccano, a toy for c

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Preface; Douglas Rayner Hartree (1897 - 1958); Chronology of events; Hartree family tree; Contents; 1. The Hartree family; 2. Education, World War I, and marriage; 3. Early research at Cambridge University; 4. The new quantum mechanics; 5. Advances in atomic theory; 6. Radio waves in the atmosphere; 7. Professor at the University of Manchester; 8. The differential analyzer; 9. Control theory and industrial applications; 10. Laminar boundary layer theory; 11. Arrangements for war; 12. Wartime service; 12.1 Servo Panel; 12.2 The differential analyzer job shop

12.3 Magnetron research group13. Dawn of the computer era; 14. Returning to Cambridge; 15. Summers in North America; 16. Mathematical Laboratory, numerical analysis, and teaching; 17. A trip to Australia; 18. Atomic structure research using EDSAC; 19. The final years; 20. His legacy; 20.1 Bertha Swirles Jeffreys; 20.2 Arthur Porter; 20.3 JackHowlett; 20.4 John Crank; 20.5 Nicholas Eyres; 20.6 Sir Aaron Klug; 20.7 Roy H Garstang; 20.8 Donald C F Leigh; 20.9 David F Mayers; 20.10 Ronald J Lomax; 20.11 A personal tribute from the author; Hartree's publications; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611935481

9781281935489

1281935484

9789812795014

9812795014