Frank H. Berkshire
Frank H. Berkshire is a British mathematician, an expert on fluid dynamics, biomechanics, and the mathematics of gambling.[1] He is also known as a coauthor of the textbook Classical Mechanics.[2][3]
Education and career[edit]
Berkshire is an alumnus of St John's College, Cambridge.[4]
He joined the faculty in the department of mathematics at Imperial College London in 1967.
There he became a senior lecturer, director of undergraduate studies since 1987, and teaching fellow in 1996.[4]
In 2000, he won Imperial College's Rector's Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Excellence.[5]
He retired in 2011 and remains principal teaching fellow in dynamics at Imperial.[6]
Textbook[edit]
In 1997, Berkshire became a co-author on the 4th edition of Tom Kibble's textbook Classical Mechanics.[2] The fifth edition was published by the Imperial College Press in 2004.[3]