Douglas Hartree

Douglas Hartree

Douglas Rayner Hartree PhD, FRS (27 March 1897 – 12 February 1958) was an English mathematician and physicist most famous for the development of numerical analysis and its application to the Hartree-Fock equations of atomic physics and the construction of the Meccano differential analyser.

Read more about Douglas Hartree:  Early Life, Atomic Structure Calculations, Manchester Years, Second World War, Later Life and Work, Honours, Books

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