Peter Guthrie Tait

Photograph of Tait in 1870, {{avoid wrap|with signature}} Peter Guthrie Tait (28 April 18314 July 1901) 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.

His work on knot theory contributed to the eventual formation of topology as a mathematical discipline. His name is known in graph theory mainly for Tait's conjecture on cubic graphs. He is also one of the namesakes of the Tait–Kneser theorem on osculating circles. Provided by Wikipedia

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Scientific papers /

Main Creator:
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1898-1900.
Notes
"It is intended that a third volume shall contain som...
 

The pressure errors of the Challenger thermometers. /

Main Creator:
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1882.
Notes
(In Gt. Brit. Challenger office. Report on the scient...
 

Properties of matter /

Main Creator:
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1885.
Notes
Errata inserted. Physical description: viii, 320 p....
 

Lectures on some recent advances in physical science with a special lecture on force /

Main Creator:
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1876.
Notes
Physical description: xx, 363 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
 

Light /

Main Creator:
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1884.
Notes
Physical description: viii,276 p. : ill ; 19 cm.
 

An elementary treatise on quaternions /

Main Creator:
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901.
Language:
English
Published / Created
[1890]
Notes
Physical description: 422 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
 

Introduction to quaternions :

with numerous examples /
Main Creator:
Kelland, Philip, 1808-1879.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1873.
Notes
Physical description: xi, 227 p. ; 20 cm. (small and...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901....”
 

Elements of natural philosophy /

Main Creator:
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1873.
Notes
No more published. Physical description: vi p., 1 le...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901....”
 

Treatise on natural philosophy /

Main Creator:
Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st baron, 1824-1907.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1879-83.
Notes
Vol. 1, pts. 1 and 2 all published. Physical descript...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901....”
 

The scientific papers of the late Thomas Andrews, M.D., F.R.S. ... /

Main Creator:
Andrews, Thomas, 1813-1885.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1889.
Notes
"Andrews' published papers have, with one or two unim...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901....”
 

Miscellaneous scientific papers /

Main Creator:
Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1881.
Notes
Physical description: xxxvi, 567 p. : ill. (port.), i...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901....”
 

Life and letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S., D.C.L., LL. D., late principal of the United college in the University of St. Andrews ... /

Main Creator:
Shairp, John Campbell, 1819-1885.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1873.
Notes
"List of Principal Forbes' scientific writings": p. [...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901....”
 

Perplexingly easy :

selected correspondence between William Rowan Hamilton and Peter Guthrie Tait /
Main Creator:
Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805-1865.
Language:
English
Published / Created
2005.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. Physic...
Contributors:
“...Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901...”
 
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