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Science & Medicine

François Frenkiel

Who

François Frenkiel · Science & Medicine

What

Fluid mechanics

When

1910, Warsaw, Poland — 1986, Rockville, Maryland, United States

Where

Poland · France · United States

Biography

François Frenkiel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics

How & why

François Naftali Frenkiel was a fluid dynamicist who did pioneering work on turbulent flows and the application of high-speed digital computing to turbulence measurement, and who founded the American Institute of Physics journal Physics of Fluids, editing it from 1958 to 1981. Born in Warsaw and educated in France before emigrating to the United States, he is documented among Jewish scientists in the field.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics

Contributions & Sources

Fluid mechanics

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics