Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

thumb|Robert May giving a public lecture at Harvard in 2009 Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford (8 January 1936 – 28 April 2020) was an Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a Professor at Sydney and Princeton. Quotes To a rough approximation, and setting aside vertebrate chauvinism, it can be said that essentially all organisms are insects. How many species are there on earth? (1988), Science 241: 1441--9 Not only in research, but also in the everyday world of politics and economics, we would all be better off if more people realised that simple nonlinear systems do not necessarily possess simple dynamical properties. Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics (1976), Nature 261: 459--467 Category:Zoologists from Australia Category:Ecologists Category:Biologists from Australia Category:Atheists Category:People from Sydney Category:1936 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Crafoord Prize winners