Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins FRS (8 December 1925 – 26 February 2016) was a mathematician and oceanographer at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Cambridge University, England and Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA. He was the younger brother of H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins. Longuet-Higgins introduced the theory of the origin of microseisms and is the inventor of "rhombo blocks", a mathematical toy consisting of blocks whose faces are rhombuses.
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Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins FRS (8 December 1925 – 26 February 2016) was a mathematician and oceanographer at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Cambridge University, England and Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA. He was the younger brother of H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins. Longuet-Higgins introduced the theory of the origin of microseisms and is the inventor of "rhombo blocks", a mathematical toy consisting of blocks whose faces are rhombuses.
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Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ...... , Ozeanograph und Geophysiker.
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Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ...... cks whose faces are rhombuses.
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Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ...... mengewerkt met Donald Coxeter.
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Trinity College, Cambridge
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Winchester College
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Acoustical Society of America
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American Geophysical Union
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Fellow of the Royal Society
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International Coastal Engineering Award
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National Academy of Science
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Oceanography Award
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Rayleigh Prize for Mathematics
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Sverdrup Gold Medal
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1925-12-08
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Lenham, England
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United Kingdom
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2016-02-26
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Cambridge, England
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Harold Jeffreys
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Robert Stoneley
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Fluid Dynamics
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Oceanography
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Fluid Dynamics
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Longuet-Higgins Circle
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Longuet-Higgins Point
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Microseisms
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Rhombo blocks
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Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
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British
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Cambridge University
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National Institute of Oceanography
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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University of California, San Diego
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Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ...... , Ozeanograph und Geophysiker.
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Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ...... cks whose faces are rhombuses.
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Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ...... mengewerkt met Donald Coxeter.
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