Jacob Israelachvili
Jacob Israelachvili · Science & Medicine
Continuum mechanics
1944, Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine — 2018, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Israel · United Kingdom · Australia · United States
Jacob Israelachvili is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Continuum mechanics
Israelachvili was an Israeli-born chemical engineer and physicist who invented the surface forces apparatus to measure intermolecular and surface forces directly, and wrote the standard textbook 'Intermolecular and Surface Forces'. Born to a Jewish family in Tel Aviv, he became a leading professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Continuum mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology
