Nigel Weiss: Difference between revisions
per WP:N |
|||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
|doctoral_advisor = [[Edward Bullard]] |
|doctoral_advisor = [[Edward Bullard]] |
||
|academic_advisor = |
|academic_advisor = |
||
|doctoral_students = Wayne Arter<br />Andrew Bernoff<br />Sean Blanchflower<br />John Edwards<br />Murray Frazer<br />David Galloway<br />[[Paul Glendinning]]<br />David Hughes<br />Christopher Jones<br />Vivien Kirk<br />Daniel Moore<br />Gordon Ogilvie<br />[[Richard Peckover]]<br />Alastair Rucklidge<br />Michael Tildesley<br />Steven Tobias<br />Darryl Veitch<br />Paul Watson |
|||
|notable_students = |
|||
|known_for = flux expulsion |
|known_for = flux expulsion |
||
|author_abbrev_bot = |
|author_abbrev_bot = |
||
Revision as of 18:41, 2 June 2011
Nigel Oscar Weiss | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 December 1936 |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | flux expulsion |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Bullard |
Nigel Oscar Weiss (born South Africa, 16 December 1936) is an astronomer and mathematician, and leader in the field of astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Career
Born in South Africa, Prof. Weiss studied at Hilton College, Natal, Rugby School and Clare College, Cambridge, and has been a fellow of Clare College since 1965. In 1987 he became Professor of Mathematical Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992.[2]
Between 2000 and 2002 he was President of the Royal Astronomical Society, and in 2007 was awarded the Gold Medal, the society's highest award.[1]
Research
Prof. Weiss has published extensively in the field of mathematical astrophysics, specialising in solar and stellar magnetic fields, astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics and nonlinear dynamical systems.[1]
In 1966 he was the first to demonstrate and describe the process of 'flux expulsion' by which a conducting fluid undergoing rotating motion acts to expel the magnetic flux from the region of motion, a process now known to occur in the photosphere of the Sun and other stars.[3]
References
External links
   | This article about a South African scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about an astronomer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a mathematician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1936 births
- Living people
- South African astronomers
- South African mathematicians
- Members of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
- Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- South African scientist stubs
- Astronomer stubs
- Mathematician stubs