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'''Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III''' (February 18, 1919 – January 14, 2000) was an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]], [[natural philosopher]], and [[historian of science]].
'''Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III''' (February 18, 1919 – January 14, 2000) was an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]], [[natural philosopher]], and [[historian of science]].<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=7879}}</ref><ref>{{Cite doi|10.1023/A:1010368106989}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1023/B:ELAS.0000005636.90348.2b}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/1-4020-2308-1_4}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1023/B:ELAS.0000005663.42447.08}}</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1007/s002050100178}}</ref>






==Life==
==Life==
Truesdell was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. After high school, he spent two years in [[Europe]] learning French, German, and Italian, and improving his Latin and Greek. His linguistic skills stood him in good stead in his later historical investigations. At [[Caltech]] he was deeply influenced by the teaching of [[Harry Bateman]]. In particular, a course in [[partial differential equation]]s "taught me the difference between an ordinary good teacher and a great mathematician, and after that I never cared what grade I got in anything."<ref>''Idiot's Fugitive Essays on Science'' (1984) page 422</ref> He obtained a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics in 1941, and an MSc. in mathematics in 1942.
Truesdell was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. After high school, he spent two years in [[Europe]] learning French, German, and Italian, and improving his Latin and Greek. His linguistic skills stood him in good stead in his later historical investigations. At [[Caltech]] he was deeply influenced by the teaching of [[Harry Bateman]]. In particular, a course in [[partial differential equation]]s "taught me the difference between an ordinary good teacher and a great mathematician, and after that I never cared what grade I got in anything."<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Clifford Truesdell|Truesdell, C.]] |title=An idiot's fugitive essays on science: methods, criticism, training, circumstances |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=Berlin |year=1984 |pages= |isbn=0-387-90703-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}} page 422</ref> He obtained a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics in 1941, and an MSc. in mathematics in 1942.


In 1943, he completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at [[Princeton University]]. For the rest of the decade, the [[U.S. Navy]] employed him to do [[mechanics]] research.
In 1943, he completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at [[Princeton University]]. For the rest of the decade, the [[U.S. Navy]] employed him to do [[mechanics]] research.


Truesdell taught at [[Indiana University]] 1950-61, where his students included [[James Serrin]], [[Jerald Ericksen]], and [[Walter Noll]]. From 1961 until his retirement in 1989, Truesdell was professor of [[rational mechanics]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>[http://www.dm.unito.it/convegniseminari/truesdell/truesdell.htm Remembering Clifford Truesdell], from [[Turin]]'s Accademia delle Scienze</ref><ref>[http://www.mechanics.rutgers.edu/TruesdellMemories.pdf Memories of Clifford Truesdell], by [[Bernard Coleman]] of [[Rutgers University]].</ref> He and Noll contributed to foundational rational mechanics, whose aim is to construct a mathematical model for treating (continuous) mechanical phenomena.<ref>[[Walter Noll]] (2003) "[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/elas/2003/00000070/F0030001/05144470?crawler=true The Genesis of Truesdell's Nonlinear Field Theories of Mechanics,]" ''Journal of Elasticity'' 70(1-3): 23-30(8). Also available [http://www.math.cmu.edu/~wn0g/noll/GEN.pdf here].</ref>
Truesdell taught at [[Indiana University]] 1950-61, where his students included [[James Serrin]], [[Jerald Ericksen]], and [[Walter Noll]]. From 1961 until his retirement in 1989, Truesdell was professor of [[rational mechanics]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>[http://www.dm.unito.it/convegniseminari/truesdell/truesdell.htm Remembering Clifford Truesdell], from [[Turin]]'s Accademia delle Scienze</ref><ref>{{cite doi|10.1023/B:ELAS.0000005576.29772.a7}}</ref> He and Noll contributed to foundational rational mechanics, whose aim is to construct a mathematical model for treating (continuous) mechanical phenomena.<ref>{{cite doi|10.1023/B:ELAS.0000005581.36943.75}}</ref>


Truesdell was the founder and editor-in-chief of the journals ''[[Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis]]'' and ''[[Archive for History of Exact Sciences]]'', which were unusual in several ways. Following Truesdell's criticisms of awkward style in scientific writing,<ref>See "A Comment on Scientific Writing" in Truesdell (1984).</ref> the journal accepted papers in English, French, German, and Latin.
Truesdell was the founder and editor-in-chief of the journals ''[[Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis]]'' and ''Archive for History of Exact Sciences'', which were unusual in several ways. Following Truesdell's criticisms of awkward style in scientific writing,<ref>See "A Comment on Scientific Writing" in Truesdell (1984).</ref> the journal accepted papers in English, French, German, and Latin.


In addition to his original work in mechanics, Truesdell was a major historian of science and mathematics, editing or co-editing six volumes of the collected works of [[Leonhard Euler]].
In addition to his original work in mechanics, Truesdell was a major historian of science and mathematics, editing or co-editing six volumes of the collected works of [[Leonhard Euler]].
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==Selected writings==
==Selected writings==
* ''An Idiot's Fugitive Essays on Science'', [[Springer-Verlag]], 1984.
* ''A First Course in Rational Continuum Mechanics'', [[Academic Press]].
* ''A First Course in Rational Continuum Mechanics'', [[Academic Press]].
* ''The Kinematics of Vorticity'', 1954.
* ''The Kinematics of Vorticity'', 1954.
* ''Rational Thermodynamics'', [[McGraw-Hill]].
* ''Rational Thermodynamics'', [[McGraw-Hill]].
* ''The Elements of Continuum Mechanics'', Springer-Verlag.
* ''The Elements of Continuum Mechanics'', Springer-Verlag.
* ''The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822-1854''. ISBN 0387904034. Here is a [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0040-165X(198201)23%3A1%3C104%3ATTHOT1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4 review] by [http://www.ipst.umd.edu/Faculty/antman.htm Stuart Antman]. Here is [http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=euclid.bams/1183549781 another] by I. Grattan-Guinness.
* ''The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822-1854''. ISBN 0387904034. see <ref>{{cite jstor|3104457}}</ref> and [http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=euclid.bams/1183549781 another] by I. Grattan-Guinness.
* ''Great Scientists of Old As Heretics in "the Scientific Method"''. ISBN 0813911346.
* ''Great Scientists of Old As Heretics in "the Scientific Method"''. ISBN 0813911346.
* ''Classical Field Theories of Mechanics'', with [[Toupin]], vol. III/1 of ''[[Handbuch der Physik]]'' edited by [[Siegfried Flügge]].
* ''Classical Field Theories of Mechanics'', with Toupin, vol. III/1 of ''Handbuch der Physik'' edited by [[Siegfried Flügge]].
* "Non-linear Field Theories of Mechanics", with [[Walter Noll]], volume III/3 of ''Handbuch der Physik'' edited by Siegfried Flügge.
* "Non-linear Field Theories of Mechanics", with [[Walter Noll]], volume III/3 of ''Handbuch der Physik'' edited by Siegfried Flügge.
* ''An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids'', with K. R. Rajagopal, Birkhauser, Boston, 1999.
* ''An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids'', with K. R. Rajagopal, Birkhauser, Boston, 1999.
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*Ball, J.M.; and R.D. James (2002) "[http://www.springerlink.com/content/wy1y9g1fdydh066e/fulltext.pdf The Scientific Life and Influence of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III]", ''Arch. Rational Mech. Anal''. 161: 1–26.
*{{cite book |author= Becchi, Antonio; Massimo Corradi, Federico Foce, Orietta Pedemonte |title=Essays on the History of Mechanics: In Memory of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell and Edoardo Benvenuto |publisher=Birkhäuser Verlag |location=Basel |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=3-7643-1476-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}
*{{cite book |author= Becchi, Antonio; Massimo Corradi, Federico Foce, Orietta Pedemonte |title=Essays on the History of Mechanics: In Memory of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell and Edoardo Benvenuto |publisher=Birkhäuser Verlag |location=Basel |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=3-7643-1476-1 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}
*{{Cite journal|first=Gianfranco|last=Capriz|title=Obituary: Clifford Ambrose Truesdell (1919–2000)|year=2000|journal=Meccanica|volume=35|issue=5|pages=463–466|doi=10.1023/A:1010368106989}}.
*{{cite book |author= Ignatieff, Yurie A.; Heike Willig |title=Clifford Truesdell: Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie des Dichters, Mathematikers und Naturphilosophen |publisher=[[Shaker Verlag]] |location=Aachen|year=1999 |pages= |isbn=3826548043 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}
*{{cite book |author= Ignatieff, Yurie A.; Heike Willig |title=Clifford Truesdell: Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie des Dichters, Mathematikers und Naturphilosophen |publisher=[[Shaker Verlag]] |location=Aachen|year=1999 |pages= |isbn=3826548043 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}
*Special issue of the ''Journal of Elasticity'', vol. 70(1-3), devoted to Truesdell's memory:
**Coleman, Bernard, 2003, "[http://www.mechanics.rutgers.edu/TruesdellMemories.pdf Memories of Clifford Truesdell]", 1-13.
** Giusti, E. "[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/elas/2003/00000070/F0030001/05149926 Clifford Truesdell (1919–2000), Historian of Mathematics]", 15-22.
**[[Walter Noll|Noll, Walter]]. "[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/elas/2003/00000070/F0030001/05144470?crawler=true The Genesis of Truesdell's Nonlinear Field Theories of Mechanics]", 23-30.
**Serrin, J. "[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/elas/2003/00000070/F0030001/05147113 An Appreciation of Clifford Truesdell]", 31-38.
**Speiser, D. "[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/elas/2003/00000070/F0030001/05254958 Clifford A. Truesdell's Contributions to the Euler and the Bernoulli Edition]", 39-53.


==External links==
*{{MathGenealogy|id=7879}}


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Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III
Born(1919-02-18)February 18, 1919
DiedJanuary 14, 2000(2000-01-14) (aged 80)
NationalityUSA
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Natural Philosophy
History of Science
Doctoral advisorSolomon Lefschetz
Harry Bateman
Doctoral studentsWalter Noll

Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III (February 18, 1919 – January 14, 2000) was an American mathematician, natural philosopher, and historian of science.[1][2][3][4][5][6]



Life

Truesdell was born in Los Angeles, California. After high school, he spent two years in Europe learning French, German, and Italian, and improving his Latin and Greek. His linguistic skills stood him in good stead in his later historical investigations. At Caltech he was deeply influenced by the teaching of Harry Bateman. In particular, a course in partial differential equations "taught me the difference between an ordinary good teacher and a great mathematician, and after that I never cared what grade I got in anything."[7] He obtained a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics in 1941, and an MSc. in mathematics in 1942.

In 1943, he completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at Princeton University. For the rest of the decade, the U.S. Navy employed him to do mechanics research.

Truesdell taught at Indiana University 1950-61, where his students included James Serrin, Jerald Ericksen, and Walter Noll. From 1961 until his retirement in 1989, Truesdell was professor of rational mechanics at Johns Hopkins University.[8][9] He and Noll contributed to foundational rational mechanics, whose aim is to construct a mathematical model for treating (continuous) mechanical phenomena.[10]

Truesdell was the founder and editor-in-chief of the journals Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis and Archive for History of Exact Sciences, which were unusual in several ways. Following Truesdell's criticisms of awkward style in scientific writing,[11] the journal accepted papers in English, French, German, and Latin.

In addition to his original work in mechanics, Truesdell was a major historian of science and mathematics, editing or co-editing six volumes of the collected works of Leonhard Euler.

Awards

Selected writings

  • A First Course in Rational Continuum Mechanics, Academic Press.
  • The Kinematics of Vorticity, 1954.
  • Rational Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill.
  • The Elements of Continuum Mechanics, Springer-Verlag.
  • The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822-1854. ISBN 0387904034. see [12] and another by I. Grattan-Guinness.
  • Great Scientists of Old As Heretics in "the Scientific Method". ISBN 0813911346.
  • Classical Field Theories of Mechanics, with Toupin, vol. III/1 of Handbuch der Physik edited by Siegfried Flügge.
  • "Non-linear Field Theories of Mechanics", with Walter Noll, volume III/3 of Handbuch der Physik edited by Siegfried Flügge.
  • An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids, with K. R. Rajagopal, Birkhauser, Boston, 1999.
  • Essays in the History in Mechanics, Springer-Verlag, 1968.

References

  1. ^ Clifford Truesdell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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  7. ^ Truesdell, C. (1984). An idiot's fugitive essays on science: methods, criticism, training, circumstances. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-90703-3. page 422
  8. ^ Remembering Clifford Truesdell, from Turin's Accademia delle Scienze
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  11. ^ See "A Comment on Scientific Writing" in Truesdell (1984).
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Further reading

  • Becchi, Antonio; Massimo Corradi, Federico Foce, Orietta Pedemonte (2003). Essays on the History of Mechanics: In Memory of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell and Edoardo Benvenuto. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 3-7643-1476-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Ignatieff, Yurie A.; Heike Willig (1999). Clifford Truesdell: Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie des Dichters, Mathematikers und Naturphilosophen. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. ISBN 3826548043.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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