Peter Guthrie Tait
Scottish mathematical physicist (1831-1901) · Scientists · Died at 70
Peter Guthrie Tait was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory.
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1901Died4 July 19011887Gunning Victoria Jubilee PrizeAward1886Royal MedalAward1875Honorary DegreeAward1871Keith MedalAward1861Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1854Smith's PrizeAward1831Born28 April 1831
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Lived 1831 to 1901 · aged 70
