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Science & Medicine

Hans Bleich

Who

Hans Bleich · Science & Medicine

What

Structural dynamicist; von Kármán Medal (1973)

When

1909, Vienna, Austria — 1985, United States

Where

Austria · United States

Biography

Hans Bleich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Structural dynamicist; von Kármán Medal (1973)

How & why

Hans Heinrich Bleich was a structural engineer and Columbia University professor, an authority on structural dynamics and the response of structures to blast and shock, who received the 1973 Theodore von Kármán Medal. Born in Vienna, he emigrated from Austria after the Nazi annexation; he came from a Jewish family and is listed among Jews in continuum mechanics.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics

Contributions & Sources

Structural dynamicist; von Kármán Medal (1973)

1909

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics