Leonid Sedov
Leonid Sedov · Science & Medicine
Continuum mechanics
1907, Rostov-on-Don, Russia — 1999, Moscow, Russia
Russia (Soviet Union)
Leonid Sedov is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Continuum mechanics
Leonid Sedov was a Soviet physicist and applied mechanician known for his work on similarity and dimensional methods in mechanics, the theory of the blast wave (the Sedov–Taylor solution), and leadership in the Soviet space program. He appears on a catalogue of Jewish figures in continuum mechanics, but standard biographies do not document any Jewish identity or ancestry.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology
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Continuum mechanics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Solid Mechanics & Rheology
