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ROBERT ARTHUR FAIRTHORNE: An Appreciation

PERCY B. WALKER (Camberley, Surrey)

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Article publication date: 1 February 1974

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Abstract

Before documentation became his primary interest, Robert Fairthorne would conventionally have been described as an applied mathematician. Such a description, however, does not give a true indication of his special abilities. He is, in fact, dedicated to the task of bringing to science and engineering the benefits of mathematics in all its forms, and to him such classifications as ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ were mere irrelevancies.

Citation

WALKER, P.B. (1974), "ROBERT ARTHUR FAIRTHORNE: An Appreciation", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 30 No. 2, pp. 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026571

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MCB UP Ltd

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