Irene K. Fischer
Irene K. Fischer · Science & Medicine
Geodesist who developed improved mathematical models of the Earth's size and shape (the geoid)
1907, Vienna, Austria — 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Austria · United States
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Irene Kaminka Fischer was an Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician who developed improved mathematical models of the size and shape of the Earth (the geoid), producing the Mercury and World Geodetic System datums used for mapping and early spaceflight. She was Jewish, born into a Jewish family in Vienna, and emigrated after the Nazi annexation of Austria.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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Geodesist who developed improved mathematical models of the Earth's size and shape (the geoid)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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