ABSTRACT
The contributions of G G Stokes to mathematics and physics have been so many and varied that it is difficult to know where to begin. A contemporary of Kelvin and Maxwell, his name has become well known to generations of scientists, mathematicians and engineers, through its association with various physical laws and mathematical formulae. In standard textbooks of mathematics, physics and engineering we find Stokes’ drift, Stokes’ Law, Stokes’ Theorem, Stokes’ Phenomenon, Stokes’ conjecture and the Navier-Stokes equations.
