The life and legacy of G.I. Taylor

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• Chronology = xiv
• CHAPTER 1 An introduction to G.I. Taylor = 1
• CHAPTER 2 Taylor's family = 5
• CHAPTER 3 Childhood, school and university = 28
• CHAPTER 4 First steps in research = 40
• CHAPTER 5 The Scotia expedition = 48
• CHAPTER 6 Participation in the birth of aeronautics = 63
• CHAPTER 7 Return to Cambridge after World War Ⅰ = 79
• CHAPTER 8 Scaling = 99
• CHAPTER 9 The golden years as Yarrow Research Professor between the wars = 117
• CHAPTER 10 Tour in the Far East = 134
• CHAPTER 11 Plasticity of crystalline materials = 144
• CHAPTER 12 Turbulence : a challenge = 157
• CHAPTER 13 Taylor's foreign peers in mechanics = 175
• CHAPTER 14 The universal defence consultant during World War Ⅱ = 189
• CHAPTER 15 The aftermath of Taylor's war work = 213
• CHAPTER 16 The second golden period 1951-72 = 222
• CHAPTER 17 The closing years = 246
• CHAPTER 18 The scientific legacy of G.I. Taylor = 250
• APPENDIX A An Applied Mathematician's Apology = 260
• APPENDIX B G.I. Taylor : Honours = 264
• APPENDIX C Articles about G.I. Taylor = 267
• APPENDIX D Bibliography of works by G.I. Taylor = 268
• Index = 282