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Irvin Glassman

Who

Irvin Glassman · Science & Medicine

What

Fluid mechanics

When

1923, Baltimore, Maryland, USA — 2019, New Jersey, USA

Where

Baltimore, Maryland · Princeton, New Jersey

Biography

Irvin Glassman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics

How & why

Glassman, the 'Grand Old Man of Combustion,' was a Princeton engineer regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on combustion as applied to energy, propulsion, pollution and fire safety, and author of the field's standard textbook Combustion. He founded Princeton's Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. He was born into a Jewish family in Baltimore.

Sources & external links

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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