About Leslie Woods
Lived 1922 – 2007 (aged 84). Leslie Woods was a New Zealand mathematician.
Personal life In 1943, Woods married Gladys Elizabeth (Betty) Bayley; they had five daughters.
The Theory of Subsonic Plane Flow (1961) The Thermodynamics of Fluid Systems (1975) Principles of Magnetoplasma Dynamics (1987) Kinetic Theory of Gases and Magnetoplasmas (1993) Thermodynamic Inequalities with Applications to Gases and Magnetoplasmas (1996) Against the Tide: An Autobiographical Account of a Professional Outsider (2000) Physics of Plasmas (2003) Theory of Tokamak Transport: New Aspects for Nuclear Fusion Reactor Design (2006)
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Who was Leslie Woods?
New Zealand mathematician
When was Leslie Woods born?
Leslie Woods was born on 6 December 1922 in Reporoa.
When did Leslie Woods die?
Leslie Woods died on 15 April 2007 in Oxford.
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Leslie Woods was a mathematician.
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Leslie Woods was New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Leslie Woods. https://biography.guide/leslie-woods/
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