Clifford Truesdell

Clifford Truesdell
Born
Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III

(1919-02-18)February 18, 1919
DiedJanuary 14, 2000(2000-01-14) (aged 80)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Natural philosophy
History of science
ThesisThe Membrane Theory of Shells of Revolution (1944)
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]

  1. ^ Clifford Truesdell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Capriz, G. (2000). "Obituary – Clifford Ambrose Truesdell (1919–2000)". Meccanica. 35 (5): 463–466. doi:10.1023/A:1010368106989. S2CID 115855559.
  3. ^ Giusti, E. (2003). "Clifford Truesdell (1919–2000), Historian of Mathematics". Journal of Elasticity. 70 (1–3): 15–22. doi:10.1023/B:ELAS.0000005636.90348.2b.
  4. ^ Serrin, J. (2005). "An Appreciation of Clifford Truesdell". The Rational Spirit in Modern Continuum Mechanics. pp. 31–38. doi:10.1007/1-4020-2308-1_4. ISBN 1-4020-1828-2. S2CID 121586030.
  5. ^ Speiser, D. (2003). "Clifford A. Truesdell's Contributions to the Euler and the Bernoulli Edition". Journal of Elasticity. 70 (1–3): 39–53. doi:10.1023/B:ELAS.0000005663.42447.08.
  6. ^ Ball, J. M.; James, R. D. (2002). "The Scientific Life and Influence of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III" (PDF). Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 161 (1): 1–26. Bibcode:2002ArRMA.161....1B. doi:10.1007/s002050100178. S2CID 123253633.