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Edward Andrade

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Edward Andrade · Science & Medicine

What

Continuum mechanics

When

1887, London, England — 1971, London, England

Where

England, United Kingdom

Biography

Edward Andrade is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Continuum mechanics

How & why

Edward Neville da Costa Andrade was an English physicist known for Andrade's creep law, for studies of the flow of metals and liquids, and as a celebrated popularizer of science. He was of Sephardic Portuguese-Jewish descent (the da Costa family); his Jewish ancestry is documented.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology

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Continuum mechanics

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology