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- ↑ "George Batchelor". Obituaries. The Guardian. 12 April 2000.
- ↑ Cohen, Shirley K.; Neushul, Peter (1999). "Interview with Philip G. Saffman". Oral History Project. California Institute of Technology Archives. See in particular pp. 65–66.
- ↑ New G I Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics, University of Cambridge, retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ↑ "Professor Richard Kerswell | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics".