Alar Toomre
Mathematician, Award Winner
1937 –
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Who is Alar Toomre?
Alar Toomre is an Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician. He is a professor of applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Toomre's research is focused on the dynamics of galaxies.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1937
Rakvere - Also known as
- Тоомре, Алар
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Estonia
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- PhD, University of Manchester
Fluid dynamics
( - 1960)
- Employment
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
(1963 - )
- Massachusetts
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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