Harold Jeffreys
britisk astronom og matematiker
Sir Harold Jeffreys, FRS[2][3] (22. april 1891 – 18. marts 1989) var en britisk matematiker, statistiker, geofysiker og astronom. Hans bog, Theory of Probability, der blev udgivet første gang i 1939, spuillede en vigtig rolle i genoplivningen af objektiv Bayesiansk syn på sandsynlighed.[4][5][6]
| Harold Jeffreys | |
|---|---|
| Født |
22. april 1891  Fatfield, Storbritannien |
| Død |
18. marts 1989 (97 år) Cambridge, Storbritannien |
| Gravsted |
Church of St Helen |
| Nationalitet |
 Engelsk |
| Ægtefælle |
Bertha Swirles |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Uddannelsessted |
University of Cambridge, Durham Universitet (1907-1910), St John's College (1910-1914), Newcastle Universitet |
| Medlem af |
Royal Society (fra 1925), Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Beskæftigelse |
Astronom, seismolog, matematiker, statistiker |
| Fagområde |
Statistik, astronomi, geofysik |
| Arbejdsgiver |
Cavendish-laboratoriet (1915-1917), Met Office (1917-1922), University of Cambridge (1914-1958) |
| Kendte værker |
Jeffreys tal, Jeffreys prior[1] |
| Nomineringer og priser | |
| Udmærkelser |
Murchisonmedaljen (1939), Copleymedaljen (1960), Vetlesenpris (1962), Adams-prisen (1927), Royal Medal (1948) med flere |
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I 1940 blev han gift med matimatiker og fysik, Bertha Swirles (1903–1999), og sammen skrev de Methods of Mathematical Physics.
Hæder redigér
- Fellow, Royal Society, 1925[2]
- Adams Prize, 1927 (Constitution of the Earth)
- Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society, 1937
- Buchan Prize, Royal Meteorological Society, 1929
- Murchison Medal of Geological Society (Great Britain) 1939
- Victoria Medal, Royal Geographical Society, 1941
- Charles Lagrange Prize, Brussels Academy, 1948
- Royal Medal, 1948
- William Bowie Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1952
- Knighted, 1953
- Copley Medal, Royal Society, 1961
- Vetlesen Prize, 1962
Bibliografi redigér
- 1924: The Earth, Its Origin, History and Physical Constitution, Cambridge University Press; 5th edn. 1970; 6th edn. 1976
- 1927: Operational Methods in Mathematical Physics, Cambridge University Press via Internet Archive, Review:[7]
- 1929: The Future of the Earth, Norton & Company
- 1931: Scientific Inference, Macmillan Publishers; 2nd edn. 1937;[8] 3rd edn. 1973
- 1931: Cartesian Tensors. Cambridge University Press;[9] 2nd edn. 1961
- 1934: Ocean Waves and Kindred Geophysical Phenomena, with Vaughan Cornish, Cambridge University Press
- 1935: Earthquakes and Mountains, Methuen Publishing; 2nd edn. 1950
- 1939: Theory of Probability,[10] Clarendon Press, Oxford; 2nd edn. 1948; 3rd edn. 1961
- 1946: Methods of Mathematical Physics, with Bertha S. Jeffreys. Cambridge University Press;[11] 2nd edn. 1950; 3rd edn. 1956; corrected 3rd edn. 1966
- 1962: Asymptotic Approximations, Clarendon Press, Oxford
- 1963: Nutation and Forced Motion of the Earth's Pole from the Data of Latitude Observations, Macmillan
- 1971–77: Collected Papers of Sir Harold Jeffreys on Geophysics and Other Sciences, Gordon and Breach
Referencer redigér
- ^ Navnet er anført på engelsk og stammer fra Wikidata hvor navnet endnu ikke findes på dansk.
- ^ a b Cook, A. (1990). "Sir Harold Jeffreys. 2 April 1891–18 March 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 36: 302-326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0034.
- ^ "Errata: Sir Harold Jeffreys. 2 April 1891–18 March 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 491. 1991. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0025.
- ^ Jaynes, E. T. (2003). Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-59271-2.
- ^ Skabelon:MacTutor Biography
- ^ Robert, C.P.; Chopin, N.; Rousseau, J. (2009). "Harold Jeffreys's Theory of Probability Revisited". Statistical Science. 24 (2): 141-172. doi:10.1214/09-STS284.
- ^ Uhler, Horace Scudder (1929). "Review: Operational methods in mathematical physics, by H. Jeffreys". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 35 (6): 882-883. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1929-04822-5.
- ^ Struik, D. J. (1939). "Review: Scientific inference by H. Jeffreys". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (3): 213-215. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1939-06947-4.
- ^ Taylor, J. H. (1933). "Review: Cartesian tensors, by H. Jeffreys". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 (9): 661. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1933-05715-4.
- ^ Dodd, Edward L. (1940). "Review: Theory of probability, by H. Jeffreys". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (9, Part 1): 739-741. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1940-07280-5.
- ^ Synge, J. L. (1948). "Review: Methods of mathematical physics, by H. Jeffreys and B. S. Jeffreys". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (3): 300-303. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1948-08974-1.
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