9 hours ago
This is indeed a very sad loss. For all of the above, and more, not least for the world of Wind Technology, in which Peter was acclaimed internationally. Personally I can't yet grasp that I'll no longer be able to play any more of our innumerable friendly Blitz games that stretch way back to our Glasgow University student days. Peter has been a longstanding friend through so many mutual chess adventures as well as beyond chess.
In his seminal scientific work, 'Innovation in Wind Turbine Design' (1st ed 2011), Peter playfully managed to work in a reference taken from H J R A Murray's groundbreaking 'A History of Chess' (1913): 'According to Murray, the earliest written referenceto windmills of the 5th century BC lists it [...] as something a devout Buddhist would have nothing to do with, albeit in the context of small air driven rotors for amusing children'.
Peter's was a kind, gentle and frequently very widely informed wit. Condolences to family and friends
In his seminal scientific work, 'Innovation in Wind Turbine Design' (1st ed 2011), Peter playfully managed to work in a reference taken from H J R A Murray's groundbreaking 'A History of Chess' (1913): 'According to Murray, the earliest written referenceto windmills of the 5th century BC lists it [...] as something a devout Buddhist would have nothing to do with, albeit in the context of small air driven rotors for amusing children'.
Peter's was a kind, gentle and frequently very widely informed wit. Condolences to family and friends