River Chew of its distance, forming part of the Monarch's Way. The name "Chew" has Celtic origins, cognate with the River Chwefru, "cliwyf-ffrenwy", "the moving, gushing water"; ancient forms are "Estoca" (Chew Stoke), "Chiu" (Chew Magna), and "Ciwetune" (Chewton Mendip). Its exact meaning admits of several possible explanations, including "winding water", the "ew" being a variant of the French "eau", "water". The word "chewer" is western dialect for "narrow passage" and "chare" is Old English for "turning." Another theory is that the name derives from the Welsh "cyw", "the young of an animal, or chicken", such that "Afon Cyw" would have meant
Geoffrey Chew "(pre-)events" play a fundamental role, not only "particles". He sees similarities among his approach and the notion of "occasion" of Alfred North Whitehead. Chew received the Hughes Prize of the American Physics Society for his bootstrap theory of strong interactions in 1962. He also won the Lawrence Prize in 1969 and Majorana Prize in 2008. Geoffrey Chew Geoffrey Foucar Chew (; born June 5, 1924) is an American theoretical physicist. He is known for his bootstrap theory of strong interactions. Chew has worked as a professor of physics at the UC Berkeley since 1957 and has been an emeritus since