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Sir David John Cameron MacKay FRS FInstP FICE (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016) was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering [12] in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge [13] and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate ...
David Mackay. Director: Ten Inch Hero. David Mackay was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up waterskiing, selling rainbow ice cream at the state fair and collecting 35mm cameras. He attended Stanford University and graduated with a BA in Economics.
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David MacKay is a professor of Natural Philosophy in the Physics department at the University of Cambridge and chief scientific adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.
How much land mass would renewables need to power a nation like the UK? An entire country's worth. In this pragmatic talk, David MacKay tours the basic mathematics that show worrying limitations on our sustainable energy options ... and explains why we should pursue them anyway.
Jun 9, 2020 · Sadly the calculator’s inventor, Professor David MacKay died from stomach cancer in April 2016 aged just 48 but he leaves a very important legacy. In recognition of this, the UK’s new 2050 calculator will be named after him and the MacKay calculator was expected to be ready in 2020*.
Apr 15, 2016 · Polymath rebooted debate on climate change, co-founded software biz. Obit David MacKay, or more formally Sir David John Cameron MacKay, FRS, FInstP, FICE, was a true polymath who achieved greatness in the fields of physics, computer science and energy policy. He died of cancer this week aged 48.
Apr 19, 2016 · The saddest news of the last few days has been the death of David MacKay, an eminent Cambridge scientist who succeeded in communicating the complex issues of energy policy to a non-specialist...
