EntityQ455572· pop 11· linked from 32 articlesGerald B. WhithamSign in to saveAmerican mathematician (1927-2014)ConnectionswaveEntityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEntitydigital object identifierEntityInternational Standard Serial NumberEntityPasadenaEntityRoyal SocietyEntityapplied mathematicsEntityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyEntitybibcodeEntityHalifaxEntityfluid dynamicsEntityAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesEntityMathematics Genealogy ProjectEntityFellow of the Royal SocietyEntityQ22908627EntityAmerican Mathematical SocietyEntityWileyEntityHandle SystemEntityMathematical ReviewsEntityJames LighthillEntityCategories1927 births2014 deaths20th-century American mathematicians21st-century American mathematiciansAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican fluid dynamicistsBritish emigrants to the United StatesCalifornia Institute of Technology facultyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesMIT School of Science facultyPeople from Halifax, West Yorkshire