William Stephen Childress is an American applied mathematician, author and professor emeritus at the
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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. He works on classical fluid mechanics, asymptotic methods and singular perturbations, geophysical fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo theory, mathematical models in biology, and locomotion in fluids. He is also a co-founder of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences's Applied Mathematics Lab.
Published books
* 1977: Mechanics of Swimming and Flying, online .
* 1978: Mathematical models in developmental biology with Jerome K. Percus,
* 1987: Topics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Atmospheric Dynamics, Dynamo Theory, and Climate Dynamics, with M. Ghil. Softcover , eBook .
* 1995: Stretch, Twist, Fold: The Fast Dynamo with Andrew D. Gilbert, ,
* 2009: An Introduction to Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, .
* 2012: Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces Swimming, Flying, and Sliding. Edited with
Anette Hosoi, William W. Schultz,
Jane Wang. Hardcover , Softcover , eBook
* 2018: Construction of Steady-state Hydrodynamic Dynamos. I. Spatially Periodic Fields,
Recognition
* 1976 Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
* 2008 Fellow of American Physical Society
References
External links
William Stephen Childress's home page
American mathematicians
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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