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Hershel Markovitz

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Hershel Markovitz · Science & Medicine

What

Rheologist; Bingham Medal (1967)

When

1921, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA — 2006, Jerusalem, Israel

Where

United States · Israel

Biography

Hershel Markovitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Rheologist; Bingham Medal (1967)

How & why

Hershel Markovitz was an American rheologist at the Mellon Institute and Carnegie Mellon University known for pioneering work on the linear viscoelasticity of polymer solutions and normal-stress effects, for which he received the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1967. He was Jewish and died in Jerusalem.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics

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Rheologist; Bingham Medal (1967)

1921

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics