Professor M.J.Sewell, D.Sc.

Michael Sewell was a pupil at The King's School in Grantham (1943 - 53), where he benefited from the mathematics teaching of Harry Marks, and where he first learned about Isaac Newton who was a pupil there 300 years before. He was an undergraduate at Nottingham University, first in Mining Engineering (1953 - 4), and then in Mathematics (1954 - 7) under the beneficial influence of Professor Harry Pitt F.R.S..

From 1957 to 1960 Michael studied for a Ph.D. on plasticity theory under the supervision of Professor Rodney Hill F.R.S. Subsequently Michael wrote biographies of these three teachers, as referenced below. He also played cricket for 55 years, usually opening the batting.

Maximum and Minimum Principles

Maximum and Minimum Principles, pp. xvi + 468, Cambridge University Press 1987, reprinted 1990, 2007. The purpose is to describe an approach which is straightforward and unified, based on the idea of the saddle functional. It is accessible to postgraduates, and final year undergraduates. ISBN 052134876-5 (pb.)

Mathematics Masterclasses

Mathematics Masterclasses - Stretching the Imagination, pp. xiii + 233. Oxford University Press. Reprinted 2000. This is a class-tested resource of 12 chapters by different authors, accessible to 13-year-olds with guidance by teachers. ISBN 978-0-19-851493-0.

RUASCC Passes Fifty

Second Innings: RUASCC Passes Fifty. Written in collaboration with Andy Eagle. This is a history (244 pp.) of the activities of Reading University Alumni and Staff Cricket Club from 1983 to 2012. It is a sequel to a previous history of the period 1964 to 1982. Designed and printed in the Design and Print Studio, University of Reading 2012. ISBN 978-0-70-491565-7.

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