Ascher Shapiro
Ascher Shapiro · Science & Medicine
Fluid mechanics
1916, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2004, United States
United States
Ascher Shapiro is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics
Shapiro was an MIT professor of mechanical engineering and a leading figure in fluid mechanics, author of the classic two-volume treatise 'The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow' and founder of the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films. He was Jewish, born and raised in Brooklyn to Jewish Lithuanian immigrant parents.
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Fluid mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics
