Editing Tobias Fleming Shaw

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{{Quote|The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine became a reality in April 2291 due entirely to vision, perseverance, and dedication of these two pioneers in quantum engineering and applied theoretical physics. They have opened a path to the stars for all of us.|Memorial plaque on [[Quito Space Tether]]}}

'''Doctor Tobias Fleming Shaw''',<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13824 Bungie Weekly Update ''05.23.08'']</ref> '''ScD, QeD, FRS''', along with [[Wallace Fujikawa|Doctor Wallace Fujikawa]], was the co-creator of the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] in [[2291]], a device that allowed [[human]]ity to reach locations beyond the [[Sol system]] through manipulation of [[slipstream space]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref>

He held the title "Doctor of Science" and was renowned for his work in the field of quantum electrodynamics. He is supposedly the father and namesake of Shaw multivariate calculus, a form of [[astrogation]] input used by starship crews to calculate parameters for slipspace jumps.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', ''page 423''</ref>

He was likely from the United Kingdom as he held the title of [[wikipedia:Fellow of the Royal Society#Fellowship|Fellow of the Royal Society]], a distinction awarded to British and Irish scientists.<ref>[[Shaw's commemorative plaque]]</ref>

==History==
Sometime late in his life Shaw and Fujikawa were at a beach, and while Fujikawa was reading a book Shaw said he would make a time machine. Though Fujikawa laughed it off as they were at a beach and said he should make something useful like a Daiquiri instead.<ref>'''[http://halostory.bungie.org/staten083106.html HBO - Joe Staten Interview - August 2006]'''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Tobias fleming shaw bio.png|Plaque commemorating Shaw on the [[Quito Space Tether]].
Image:Tobias_fleming_shaw.png|Full image of plaque.
Image:Shaw-Fujikawa_Noble_Prize.jpg|Wallace Fujikawa and Tobias Fleming Shaw with their Nobel Prize for the discovery of Slipspace travel.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''

==Sources==
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