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Peter Guthrie Tait (Dalkeith, 28 de abril de 1831 — Edinburgh, 4 de julho de 1901) foi um físico matemático escocês. [ 1 ] É conhecido principalmente como autor do livro Treatise on Natural Philosophy , que escreveu juntamente com William Thomson , e por estudos iniciais sobre a teoria dos nós , que contribuiu para o ...
Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Peter Guthrie Tait (born April 28, 1831, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland—died July 4, 1901, Edinburgh) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who helped develop quaternions, an advanced algebra that gave rise to vector analysis and was instrumental in the development of modern mathematical physics.
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Peter Guthrie Tait. Quick Info. Born. 28 April 1831. Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. Died. 4 July 1901. Edinburgh, Scotland. Summary. P G Tait collaborated with Maxwell, Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and Hamilton to make important contributions in both mathematics and physics. He wrote extensively on quaternions and knot theory. View seven larger pictures.
4 de fev. de 2019 · Peter Guthrie Tait’s wife (née Margaret Archer Porter) was the sister of the Porter brothers with whom Tait became friends during his student days at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. William Archer Porter became Principal of Cumbaconum College in Madras.
23 de mai. de 2018 · TAIT, PETER GUTHRIE. (b, Dalkeith, Scotland, 28 April 1831; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 July 1901) physics, mathematics. Tait was the son of the former Mary Ronaldson and John Tait, who was secretary to the duke of Buccleuch. He was taught first at Dalkeith Grammar School and, after his father’s death, at a school in Circus Place and ...
Peter Guthrie Tait was considered one of the best university lecturers of his time, and representative of a Scottish-Cambridge university education (as Thomson and James Clerk Maxwell were). Besides T&T’, Tait produced several other treatises and textbooks.
