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  1. Newer Uses of Mathematics by Sir James Lighthill, 1978-02-23
  2. Sir James Lighthill and Modern Fluid Mechanics by Lokenath Debnath, 2008-09-30
  3. Collected Papers of Sir James Lighthill: 4 Volume Set by Sir M. James Lighthill, 1996-12-05
  4. Waves in Fluids by Sir James Lighthill, 1978-05-31
  5. A Critical Review of Van: Earthquake Prediction from Seismic Electrical Signals
  6. Telecommunications in the 1980's and After (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society) by James, Sir Lighthill, Eric Eastwood, 1978-08
  7. Recollections of Sir James Lighthill 1924-1998 by Unknown, 1999-01-01
  8. Waves in Liquids and Gases (S.Brodetsky Memorial Lecture) by Sir James Lighthill, 1966-11
  9. Dynamics of Ionized Gases: International Symposium Proceedings
  10. Collected Papers of Sir James Lighthill: 4 Volume Set by M. James Lighthill M. Yousuff Hussaini, 1996

1. Comment On Sir James Lighthill
COMMENT ON SIR JAMES lighthill sir james Lighthill F.R.S., founder President of the Institute for Mathematics and its
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2. Haralambos Marmanis: Obituary To Sir James Lighthill (1924-1998)
COMMENT ON SIR JAMES lighthill sir james Lighthill FRS, founder President of theInstitute for Mathematics and its Applications, was one of the scientists who
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Sir James Lighthill F.R.S., founder President of the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, was one of the scientists who were interviewed by Louis Wolpert, for his BBC Radio series "Passionate Minds", published by OUP in 1997. Here is a passage from that interview, on pages 62-63:
Wolpert: `Now most of your work has been in fluids. Is there something about fluids that appeals to you?'
Sir James: Aha, yes, I think so! I have a sort of general pleasurable feel about fluids and, of course, I'm very interested in flight, and although I worked entirely on aeronautical flight in those days, I subsequently did very comprehensive studies of animal flight - birds, bats and insects - during my later period in Cambridge, working with the zoology department there. And my hobby is swimming; I have a great deal of interest in the ocean - ocean waves, ocean currents, ocean tides - and so I enjoy observing all that when I swim. And then I have a fellow feeling for the swimming animals, and I've written papers about almost all varieties of swimming fishes and invertebrates, and quite a lot of work on micro-organism locomotion.
Wolpert: `Part of your passion for fluids is swimming?'

3. NA Digest, V. 98, # 27
From Gene Golub g.golub@ic.ac.uk Date Tue, 21 Jul 1998 233519 +0100 (BST)Subject Sir James lighthill sir james Lighthill who was a leading applied
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Sir James Lighthill who was a leading applied mathematician and
contributed greatly to theoretical and applied aerodynamics as well as
many other areas died on July 17 in a swimming accident near the Isle
of Sark.
Gene Golub
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Subject: Doctor Dobbs Interview with W. Kahan
There is an interesting article entitled "A Conversation with William Kahan" at http://www.ddj.com/ddj/1997/1997_11/kaha.htm where Dr. Kahan is interviewed regarding the current state of floating point units in modern CPU's along with compiler support for and problems with FPU operations.

4. Sir James Lighthill: Reconnecting With The Natural World
sir james lighthill Reconnecting with the Natural World. BA Fusaro.Organized as a tribute for a lifetime of scholarly scientific
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Sir James Lighthill: Reconnecting with the Natural World
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Organized as a tribute for a lifetime of scholarly scientific study, the International Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics focused on the topics that inspired the interdisciplinary research efforts of Sir James Lighthill.
The James Lighthill Story
Lighthill published his first paper in 1944, just one year after graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, when he was not yet 20 years old. This paper on supersonic airfoil theory was to lead to his pioneering work on aerodynamics, which would influence the technology of modern jet aircraft. He later moved on to the generation and propagation of waves in fluids, and then to the founding of aeroacoustics, a new branch of fluid dynamics. Yousuff Hussaini captured the human side of this remarkable man in his “Personal Reflections,” which he delivered during the citations for the honorary doctorate being awarded to Lighthill. While still in his teens, Houssaini had begun to study Lighthill’s works, finally meeting Sir James in person at an ICASE workshop on instability and transition in 1989. Hussaini referred to Lighthill’s easy accessibility, unassuming nature, and warm amiability. He cited Lighthill as a giant among 20th-century applied mathematicians, a man “. . . whose basic modesty is untainted by the magnitude of his successes or by the worldly trappings that those successes have brought him.” I will add another Lighthill characteristic—his energy— that I remember from my first exposure to Lighthill on a podium. At that lecture, Lighthill showed that, for birds of a certain size, the seemingly inefficient bounding flight that we observe in nature is indeed optimal. The restraints of two dimensions notwithstanding, he bolstered his mathematical exposition with a physical demonstration.

5. OUP USA: ToC: Collected Papers Of Sir James Lighthill
Scientific Papers of sir james lighthill. VOLUME I. Section A Early Development of Supersonic Hydrodynamics
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Collected Papers of Sir James Lighthill
4 Volume Set
Sir M. James Lighthill
CONTENTS
General Introduction
Curriculum Vitae
Scientific Papers of Sir James Lighthill
VOLUME I
Section A: Early Development of Supersonic Hydrodynamics

Introduction
1. Two-Dimensional Supersonic Aerofoil Theory (ARC)
2. The Conditions Behind the Trailing Edge of the Supersonic Aerofoil 3. The Supersonic Theory of Wings Finite Span 4. A Note on Supersonic Biplanes 5. Supersonic Flow Past Bodies of Revolution 6. Supersonic Flow Past Slender Pointed Bodies of Revolution and Yaw 7. Supersonic Flow Past Slender Bodies of Revolution the Slope of Whose Meridain Section is Discontinous 8. The Flow Behind a Stationary Shock 9. The Wave Drag at Zero Lift of Slender Delta Wings and Similar Configurations Section B: More General High-Speed Aerodynamics Introduction 10. The Hodograph Transformation in Trans-Sonic Flow, parts I-IV 11. The Position of the Shock Wave in Certain Aerodynmaic Problems 12. Methods for Predicting Phenomena in the High-Speed Flow of Gases 13. A Technique for Rendering Approximate Solutions to Physical Problems Uniformly Valid

6. Sir James Lighthill
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  • Subject : Sir James Lighthill From g.golub@ic.ac.uk Date : Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:35:19 +0100 (BST)
Sir James Lighthill who was a leading applied mathematician and contributed greatly to theoretical and applied aerodynamics as well as many other areas died on July 17 in a swimming accident near the Isle of Sark. Gene Golub

7. Lighthill
sir james lighthill was known as Michael lighthill when he was a youngman. He was educated at Winchester College and, at the age
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Michael James Lighthill
Born: 23 Jan 1924 in Paris, France
Died: 17 July 1998 in Sark, Channel Islands
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Sir James Lighthill was known as Michael Lighthill when he was a young man. He was educated at Winchester College and, at the age of 15 he won a scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge. However, he chose to wait until he was 17 years old before entering Trinity College which he did in 1941. He graduated with a BA in 1943, after taking a course shortened because of World War II. While at Cambridge, Lighthill met Nancy Dumaresq who was studying mathematics at Newnham College. Lighthill tried to get a job in the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough after he graduated, since Nancy already had a job there. However, he was offered a job in the Aerodynamics Division of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington. Lighthill married Nancy in 1945, the year he finished his job at the National Physical Laboratory. Lighthill was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1945 and he held this fellowship until 1949. In 1946 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at Manchester University and there he set up a very strong fluid dynamics group which soon dominated research in fluids. In 1950 Lighthill was promoted to Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics at Manchester University.

8. Lighthill
Biography of james lighthill (19241998) sir james lighthill was known as Michael lighthill when he was a young man.
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Michael James Lighthill
Born: 23 Jan 1924 in Paris, France
Died: 17 July 1998 in Sark, Channel Islands
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to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index
Sir James Lighthill was known as Michael Lighthill when he was a young man. He was educated at Winchester College and, at the age of 15 he won a scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge. However, he chose to wait until he was 17 years old before entering Trinity College which he did in 1941. He graduated with a BA in 1943, after taking a course shortened because of World War II. While at Cambridge, Lighthill met Nancy Dumaresq who was studying mathematics at Newnham College. Lighthill tried to get a job in the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough after he graduated, since Nancy already had a job there. However, he was offered a job in the Aerodynamics Division of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington. Lighthill married Nancy in 1945, the year he finished his job at the National Physical Laboratory. Lighthill was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1945 and he held this fellowship until 1949. In 1946 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at Manchester University and there he set up a very strong fluid dynamics group which soon dominated research in fluids. In 1950 Lighthill was promoted to Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics at Manchester University.

9. References For Lighthill
References for james lighthill. Articles DG Crighton, sir james lighthill (TheIndependent, 22 July 1998). sir james lighthill (The Times, 20 July, 1998).
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References for James Lighthill
Articles:
  • D G Crighton, Sir James Lighthill (The Independent, 22 July 1998).
  • Sir James Lighthill (The Times, 20 July, 1998).
  • Sir James Lighthill (The Telegraph, 25 July, 1998). Main index Birthplace Maps Biographies Index
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    JOC/EFR September 1998 School of Mathematics and Statistics
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    Roundoff Error and the Patriot Missile. sir james lighthill Reconnecting withthe Natural World. Traditional Graduate Program At Delaware Finds New Niche.
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    11. OUP USA: Collected Papers Of Sir James Lighthill
    OUP Book Collected Papers of sir james lighthill by lighthill, M. james Collected Papers of sir james lighthill. 4 Volume Set. sir M. james lighthill, University College, London
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    Edited by M. YOUSUFF HUSSAINI, Florida State University

    This four volume set contains almost all of the scientific papers of Sir Michael James Lighthill. One of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century and probably the central figure in many aspects of fluid mechanics, Lighthill's contributions to science include the initiation of the science of aerodynamic sound generation as well as historic work on shock waves, transonic aerodynamics, nonlinear physics, fluid dynamics, and the locomotion of fish, dolphins, and birds. Each volume is divided into sections which unify Lighthill's papers in chronological order under individual themes. The research studies included are classic examples of applied mathematical research, each characterized by a process of three equally important steps: problem formulation based on empiricism or observation, problem solution, and empirical verification, or solution interpretation in relation to the physical phenomena under consideration. Applied mathematics is a two-way bridge between mathematics and science and technology and is inherently interdisciplinary. These volumes bear out this thesis.
    2688 pp.; 500 illus.; 7 x 10; 0-19-509222-8

    12. Lighthill
    Born 23 Jan 1924 in Paris, France Died 17 July 1998 in Sark, Channel Islands.sir james lighthill was known as Michael lighthill when he was a young man.
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    Michael James Lighthill
    www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Lighthill.html
    Born: 23 Jan 1924 in Paris, France
    Died: 17 July 1998 in Sark, Channel Islands
    Sir James Lighthill was known as Michael Lighthill when he was a young man. He was educated at Winchester College and, at the age of 15 he won a scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge. However, he chose to wait until he was 17 years old before entering Trinity College which he did in 1941. He graduated with a BA in 1943, after taking a course shortened because of World War II. While at Cambridge, Lighthill met Nancy Dumaresq who was studying mathematics at Newnham College. Lighthill tried to get a job in the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough after he graduated, since Nancy already had a job there. However, he was offered a job in the Aerodynamics Division of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington. Lighthill married Nancy in 1945, the year he finished his job at the National Physical Laboratory. Lighthill was elected a fellow of Trinity College in 1945 and he held this fellowship until 1949. In 1946 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at Manchester University and there he set up a very strong fluid dynamics group which soon dominated research in fluids. In 1950 Lighthill was promoted to Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics at Manchester University.

    13. OUP USA: Collected Papers Of Sir James Lighthill
    or Browse by Subject $195.00 (08) 0195092228 Add to My Basket 1996 In Stock S HStandard Table of Contents, Collected Papers of sir james lighthill 4 Volume
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    Collected Papers of Sir James Lighthill
    4 Volume Set
    SIR M. JAMES LIGHTHILL, University College, London
    Edited by M. YOUSUFF HUSSAINI, Florida State University

    This four volume set contains almost all of the scientific papers of Sir Michael James Lighthill. One of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century and probably the central figure in many aspects of fluid mechanics, Lighthill's contributions to science include the initiation of the science of aerodynamic sound generation as well as historic work on shock waves, transonic aerodynamics, nonlinear physics, fluid dynamics, and the locomotion of fish, dolphins, and birds. Each volume is divided into sections which unify Lighthill's papers in chronological order under individual themes. The research studies included are classic examples of applied mathematical research, each characterized by a process of three equally important steps: problem formulation based on empiricism or observation, problem solution, and empirical verification, or solution interpretation in relation to the physical phenomena under consideration. Applied mathematics is a two-way bridge between mathematics and science and technology and is inherently interdisciplinary. These volumes bear out this thesis.
    2688 pp.; 500 illus.; 7 x 10; 0-19-509222-8

    14. ICASE RQ Sir James Lighthill A Eulogy
    Past Issues. sir james lighthill A Eulogy. Geoffrey M. Lilley
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    15. Untitled
    sir M. james lighthill (b. 1924) like many mathematicians, was fairlyprecocious and was always ahead of his age group. Fortunately
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    Sir M. James Lighthill " I think the subject I became interested in above all was mathematics. I am a mathematician fundamentally, although I have done many other things. I became very interested in mathematics at a very young age. I can never remember not being interested in mathematics, certainly at the age of three or thereabouts." Sir M. James Lighthill During the war in 1941, there was a rule that no one could have more than two years of university education. After that, students were expected to engage in the war effort. Bright students were managing to get the bachelor's degree in the two years. There were very few other people going to the postgraduate lectures that Lighthill and Dyson attended. As a result, Lighthill and Dyson had some of the greatest mathematicians almost to themselves. Sometimes there were only five students in classes given by G. H. Hardy, J. E. Littlewood, P. A. M. Dirac, A. S. Besicovitch, and many other top mathematicians. The ones that taught him most were Hardy and Littlewood, both great mathematical analysts. Both believed that their work was only of importance for its own sake and because it was pure mathematics, incapable of being used for anything. A famous book by Hardy, called A Mathematician's Apology , was written to make this point.

    16. Sir James Lighthill (1924-1998)
    OBITUARY OF sir james lighthill (19241998) This obituary of lighthill is from theLondon Times. -By a correspondent, July 1998 sir james lighthill (1924-1998)
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    OBITUARY OF SIR JAMES LIGHTHILL (1924-1998)
    This obituary of Lighthill is from the London Times.
    -By a correspondent, July 1998

    Scientist dies at 74 swimming round isle A SCIENTIST who became the first person to swim
    around the Channel Island of Sark has died trying to
    repeat the feat at the age of 74.
    Sir James Lighthill was found in rough seas off the island's
    rocky coast more than nine hours after he stepped into the
    waves for the nine-mile swim. Inspector Paul Gill of
    Guernsey Police said: "He had apparently swum around
    the island six times over the years, but this time he didn't make it. The tides are pretty big around Sark and there are some ferocious currents." Sir James, from Cambridge, helped to advance the science of aerodynamics during the Second World War, and was director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment from 1959 to 1964. One of his main interests was fluid dynamics - the science of the movement of water - and he was reported to have used his expertise to calculate the best way to tackle the Sark swim in 1973.

    17. Sixth International Congress - Papers (ordered By Subject)
    of sound Vibroacoustics Nonlinear acoustics and vibration Thermoacoustic instabilityAeroacoustics Special memorial session for sir james lighthill
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    List of papers - ordered by subject
    Keynote lectures Architectural acoustics Active control in architectural acoustics Building acoustics ... [Special memorial session for Sir James Lighthill Keynote lectures
    Monday
    Malcolm Crocker
    Sir James Lighthill and his contribution to science Monday
    Episodes from a century of acoustics
    Tuesday
    A.F. Seybert and D.W. Herrin
    The prediction of sound radiation from real structures
    Wednesday
    Philip A. Nelson
    Some inverse problems in acoustics Wednesday Jean-Louis Guyader State of the art of energy methods used for vibro-acoustic prediction Thursday Stewart A.L. Glegg Recent advances in aeroacoustics: The influence of computational fluid dynamics Thursday Colin H. Hansen and Ben S. Cazzolato Recent advances in the active control of interior noise Architectural acoustics (Monday 15.10-18.10) Marcio G. Mattos, Samir N.Y. Gerges, Marco A. Nabuco de Araujo, Roberto A. Tanenbaum and Jose L. Bento Coelho Improvement of sound absorption measurement in a reverberation room J.L. Bento Coelho, A.M. Almeida, T. Abreu and N. Fonseca An efficient tool for room acoustic design by using a sound energy transition approach based on a Markov process Kin-Seng Sum and Jie Pan Sound absorption by modally reactive boundaries Glenn Frommer The acoustical design and delivery of the Hong Kong Airport railway stations How does RASTI change with sound reinforcement systems in churches?

    18. --- NA Digest V. 98, # 27
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    NA Digest Sunday, July 26, 1998 Volume 98 : Issue 27 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: Sir James Lighthill Doctor Dobbs Interview with W. Kahan Announcement of New Software: MINOPT Deadlines for SIAM Parallel Processing Meeting Numerical Analysis Workshop in Cuba SYNAPSE*3 Matrix- and Neurocomputing Workshop Optimization in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology Positions at University of Wisconsin, Madison Position at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications Contents, Computer Physics Communications Contents, Numerical Algorithms Submissions for NA Digest: Mail to na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov. Information about NA-NET: Mail to na.help@na-net.ornl.gov. URL for the World Wide Web: http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html

    19. Lighthill Tribute, NAL, Bangalore, India
    Gallery PN Shankar. Remembering sir james lighthill NAL's tribute toa peerless scientist. He was knighted as sir james lighthill in 1971.
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    Gallery: P N Shankar Remembering Sir James Lighthill
    NAL's tribute to a peerless scientist

    Born on 23 January 1924, Michael James Lighthill had his undergraduate education at Trinity College, Cambridge, during the War years 1941-43. He published his first paper, on supersonic aerofoil theory, a few days before his 20th birthday. Some milestones of his meteoric career: Beyer Professor at Manchester in 1950, Director, Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1959, Royal Society (RS) Research Professor, Imperial College in 1964, Physical Secretary, RS, in 1965, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, succeeding Dirac, at Cambridge in 1969, and Provost, University College London in 1979, the university he had been associated with till his death. He received all the honours that naturally come to a man of his stature: Fellowship at Trinity, Fellowship of the RS, various medals of the RS, memberships of many foreign academies, honorary doctorates, memberships of the editorial boards of many journals etc. He was knighted as Sir James Lighthill in 1971. A problem that one faces when one wants to briefly outline the work of a scientist as prolific as Lighthill is, what does one select since there is such an embarrassment of riches? On the positive side, since all the work is of such high quality, one can select anything. So I shall just outline a few contributions chosen mainly to display the amazing width of his expertise.

    20. Information Pasteboard, NAL, Bangalore, India
    Remembering sir james lighthill / PN Shankar It was with a sense of disbelief thatI heard my wife read out, on the morning of the 20 July, the news that Prof.
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    #IP 307 /27 July - 2 August 1998 Remembering Sir James Lighthill P N Shankar (continued) Full tribute #IP 306 /20 July - 26 July 1998 Ten years of C-MMACS This year's Foundation Day function of the CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS) was special. First, because C-MMACS has now achieved the milestone of completing ten years of existence, and, second, because the function featured a truly remarkable Foundation Day Lecture by Prof R Narasimha, FRS, on Modelling and Simulation of Fluid Flows: Some Examples The function opened shortly after 3 pm with a brief welcome speech by Dr R N Singh, Scientist-in-Charge, C-MMACS. Dr Singh recalled the many events which led to the formation of C-MMACS: how Dr D N Misra conceived the idea, how Prof V K Gaur and Prof Narasimha honed the concept ("often across Prof Gaur's dining table at Hyderabad", as Prof Narasimha later recalled) and how Dr K S Yajnik went on to convert the concept into a vibrant and successful modelling centre (one was particularly happy to greet Dr Yajnik at the function; the success of C-MMACS owes much to his drive and vision). Dr Singh also presented a brief overview of the current activity at C-MMACS, the future focus ("modelling and simulation of complex fluid media ocean, atmosphere, lithosphere, polymers etc. and novel applications of nonlinear dynamics") and read out congratulatory messages to C-MMACS from Dr R A Mashelkar, FRS, DG-CSIR ("I visualise C-MMACS as an intellectual cauldron bubbling with ideas and cerebral ferment"), Dr Harsh K Gupta, Director, NGRI, Dr E Desa, Director, NIO and Dr Trevor Platt, FRS, from Canada's Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

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