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May 04, 1918 Millinocket, Maine, United States Died on 08 Mar 2002 (aged 83)
mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics Emeritus of Harvard University
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About George F. Carrier
- George Francis Carrier (May 4, 1918 – March 8, 2002) was an engineer and physicist, and the T.
- Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Applied Mathematics Emeritus of Harvard University.
- He was particularly noted for his ability to intuitively model a physical system and then deduce an analytical solution.
- He worked especially in the modeling of fluid mechanics, combustion, and tsunamis. Born in Millinocket, Maine, he received a master's in engineering degree in 1939 and a Ph.D.
- in 1944 from Cornell University with a dissertation in applied mechanics entitled Investigations in the Field of Aeolotropic Elasticity and the Bending of the Sectorial-Plate under the supervision of J.
- Norman Goodier.
- He was co-author of a number of mathematical textbooks and over 100 journal papers. In 1990, he received the National Medal of Science, the United States' highest scientific award, presented by President Bush, for his contributions to the natural sciences.He died from esophageal cancer on March 8, 2002.
