Antoni Oppenheim
Antoni Oppenheim · Science & Medicine
Fluid mechanics
1915, Warsaw, Poland — 2008, Kensington, California, USA
Poland · United States
Antoni Oppenheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics
Antoni Kazimierz Oppenheim was a Polish-born American engineer and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on combustion, gaseous detonation and heat transfer, whose research illuminated how detonations initiate in tubes. A graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology, he built a distinguished career in fluid mechanics and combustion science in the United States.
He is listed among Jewish figures in Jewish biographical compilations; mainstream biographies do not detail his religious background.
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Fluid mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics
