Applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist
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Michael James Lighthill, one of the UK's leading pioneers in the field of fluid dynamics and a skillful applied mathematician, died in 1998 at the age of 74. Lighthill, who was knighted in 1971, was educated first at Winchester College and then at Cambridge university where he read mathematics. He became a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Manchester at the young age of 26. His greatest contribution to science are his two papers on understanding the hazard of noise from jet aircraft, for which he was elected to the Royal Society, aged 29.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Kendrew constructurs; Geis gazes
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Standard imaging packages for computers can create images of the complex structures of protein molecules. The design of such programs relied on the visions of pioneer illustrators in the 1950s and 1960s, such as Irving Geis. Geis created his first portrait of a protein for an article by John Kendrew. Geis's portrait was of the 2,600-atom molecule of sperm whale myoglobin from a lucite density map model, using his command of perspective, light and shade, and colour recession.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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