Chaim Pekeris
Chaim Pekeris · Science & Medicine
Geophysicist known for work on seismology and the free oscillations of the Earth
1908, Alytus, Lithuania — 1993, Rehovot, Israel
Lithuania · United States · Israel
Chaim Pekeris is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geophysicist known for work on seismology and the free oscillations of the Earth
Chaim Leib Pekeris was a Lithuanian-born Israeli applied mathematician and geophysicist known for work on seismology, the free oscillations of the Earth, and hydrodynamics, and for building one of the first electronic computers (WEIZAC) at the Weizmann Institute. He was Jewish, born into a Jewish family, and became a founding figure of Israeli science.
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Geophysicist known for work on seismology and the free oscillations of the Earth
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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