Ira Bernstein
Ira Bernstein · Science & Medicine
Physicist (plasma physics)
1924, New York City, United States — 2024
United States
Ira Bernstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist (plasma physics)
The American theoretical physicist Ira B. Bernstein first described, in 1958, the electrostatic waves in a magnetized plasma now known as Bernstein waves, and co-developed the energy principle for plasma stability. Born in New York, he taught for decades at Yale. He is listed among Jewish physicists; his personal religious background is not otherwise documented in the sources consulted.
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Physicist (plasma physics)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
