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John Norbury
An applied mathematician at Oxford, he writes about the hidden patterns behind weather and other complex systems. His work opens a door onto how mathematics can make sense of the world’s messiest, most changeable phenomena.
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About the author
John Norbury is an applied mathematician associated with the University of Oxford, where he is listed with the Mathematical Institute and Lincoln College. On his Oxford homepage, he says he was born and educated in Australia and later completed a doctorate in applied mathematics at Cambridge, working on vortex rings.
His research and teaching have centered on applied mathematics, with interests that connect fluid dynamics, pattern formation, and large-scale behavior in complex systems. He is also part of Oxford’s community in industrial and applied mathematics.
For general readers, he is best known as the co-author, with Ian Roulstone, of Invisible in the Storm: The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather. The book explains how mathematics helped shape modern weather forecasting, bringing a technical subject to life in an accessible way.