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David J. C. MacKay
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| Born | David John Cameron MacKay 22 April 1967[4][6] Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Died | 14 April 2016 (aged 48) Cambridge, England |
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Ramesh Ghiassi (m. 2011) |
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| Thesis | Bayesian methods for adaptive models (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hopfield[5] |
| Website | withouthotair www gov |
Sir David John Cameron MacKay (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016[4][11]) 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 Change (DECC).[14] MacKay wrote the book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air.[7][15][16]
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- ^ David J. C. MacKay at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ David MacKay (7 February 2010). "Biography – David J.C. MacKay". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ a b Mackay, David (2009). Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air. UIT Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3.
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- ^ David MacKay (7 July 2012). "David J.C. MacKay FRS". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ DECC confirms MacKay as new low-carbon advisor, BusinessGreen, 3 September 2009, retrieved 29 December 2011
- ^ "Britons of the Year", The Daily Telegraph, London, p. 15, 29 December 2009
- ^ "What Will It Take to Save the Earth?" 26 April 2012 by Joel E. Cohen in The New York Review of Books
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