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Lev Loitsyansky

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Lev Loitsyansky · Science & Medicine

What

Fluid mechanics

When

1900, Russian Empire — 1991

Where

Russia / Soviet Union

Biography

Lev Loitsyansky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Fluid mechanics

How & why

Lev Loitsyansky was a Soviet specialist in fluid mechanics at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute whose textbook Mechanics of Liquids and Gases trained generations of engineers, and who made lasting contributions to boundary-layer and turbulence theory. He is included among Jewish figures in continuum mechanics on Jinfo's list; further personal detail is limited.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics

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Fluid mechanics

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics — Fluid Mechanics