Frank_H._Berkshire

Frank H. Berkshire

Frank H. Berkshire

British mathematician

Frank H. Berkshire is a British mathematician, an expert on fluid dynamics, biomechanics, and the mathematics of gambling.[1] He is also known as a coauthor of the textbook Classical Mechanics.[2][3]

Education and career

Berkshire is an alumnus of St John's College, Cambridge.[4]

He joined the faculty in the department of mathematics at Imperial College London in 1967. There he became a senior lecturer, director of undergraduate studies since 1987, and teaching fellow in 1996.[4] In 2000, he won Imperial College's Rector's Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Excellence.[5]

He retired in 2011 and remains principal teaching fellow in dynamics at Imperial.[6]

Textbook

In 1997, Berkshire became a co-author on the 4th edition of Tom Kibble's textbook Classical Mechanics.[2] The fifth edition was published by the Imperial College Press in 2004.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Amen, Saeed (2014). Trading Thalesians: What the Ancient World Can Teach Us About Trading Today. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 29. doi:10.1057/9781137399533. ISBN 978-1-349-48578-9. Dr. Frank Berkshire from Imperial College has researched among other things the mathematics of gambling
  2. [2]
    Isenberg, C. (March 1997). "Review of Classical Mechanics, 4th ed". European Journal of Physics. 18 (2). doi:10.1088/0143-0807/18/2/017. S2CID 250869052.
  3. [3]
    Solomon, Allan I. (November 2012). "Review of Classical Mechanics, 5th ed". Contemporary Physics. 53 (6): 542–543. doi:10.1080/00107514.2012.739661. S2CID 120514537.
  4. [4]
    "Team effort wins teaching fellowship for Maths lecturer". IC Reporter. Vol. 36. Imperial College London. December 1996.
  5. [5]
    "Prizes and Awards". Imperial College London Department of Mathematics. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Dr Frank Berkshire". Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London. Retrieved 26 May 2019.


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