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Science & Medicine

Akiva Yaglom

Who

Akiva Yaglom · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist known for turbulence theory and statistical fluid mechanics

When

1921, Kharkiv, Ukraine (Soviet Union) — 2007, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Where

Soviet Union / Russia · United States

Biography

Akiva Yaglom is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist known for turbulence theory and statistical fluid mechanics

How & why

Yaglom was a Soviet-Russian physicist and mathematician known for foundational contributions to the statistical theory of turbulence and the theory of random processes, co-authoring with A. N. Kolmogorov's school the standard monograph 'Statistical Fluid Mechanics'. His work underpins modern modeling of turbulent flows. He was Jewish; he later moved to MIT, where he worked until his death.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

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Physicist known for turbulence theory and statistical fluid mechanics

1921

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science