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Abraham Taub

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Abraham Taub · Science & Medicine

What

Fluid mechanics

When

1911, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 1999, Berkeley, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Abraham Taub is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics

How & why

Taub was an American mathematician and physicist who made foundational contributions to general relativity — including the Taub and Taub-NUT spacetimes and relativistic fluid dynamics — and directed early digital computer projects such as the ORDVAC. Born to a Jewish family in Chicago, he led the computer center at UC Berkeley.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics

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Fluid mechanics

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics