Theodore von Kármán
Physicist, Academic
1881 – 1963
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Who was Theodore von Kármán?
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics. He is responsible for many key advances in aerodynamics, notably his work on supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization. He is regarded as the outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the twentieth century.
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- Born
- May 11, 1881
Budapest - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Hungary
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- University of Göttingen
- Employment
- California Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Hungary
- Died
- May 7, 1963
Aachen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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