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Leo Finzi

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Leo Finzi · Science & Medicine

What

Continuum mechanics

When

1924, Milan, Italy — 2002, Milan, Italy

Where

Italy

Biography

Leo Finzi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Continuum mechanics

How & why

Leo Finzi was an Italian structural engineer and professor at the Politecnico di Milano who advanced the theory of plasticity and of steel and reinforced-concrete structures, and was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. He came from the prominent Italian-Jewish Finzi family; his father, the mathematician Bruno Finzi, was Jewish and worked in continuum mechanics.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology

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Contributions & Sources

Continuum mechanics

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology