Ernest Rabinowicz
Ernest Rabinowicz · Science & Medicine
Continuum mechanics
1927, Germany — 2006, USA
Germany · England · United States (MIT)
Ernest Rabinowicz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Continuum mechanics
Rabinowicz was a mechanical engineer and a founder of modern tribology — the science of friction, wear and lubrication — who spent his career at MIT and wrote the influential textbook Friction and Wear of Materials. His 'Rabinowicz criterion' for adhesive wear remains standard in the field. Born in Germany and educated in England before emigrating to the United States, he is listed among Jewish scientists in Jewish biographical references (Jinfo).
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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
