Philip Saffman
Philip Saffman · Science & Medicine
Vortex dynamicist of Saffman-Taylor fingering; Otto Laporte Award (1994)
1931, Leeds, England — 2008, Pasadena, California, United States
United Kingdom · United States
Philip Saffman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Vortex dynamicist of Saffman-Taylor fingering; Otto Laporte Award (1994)
Saffman was a British-American applied mathematician at Caltech renowned for foundational work in fluid dynamics, including the Saffman–Taylor viscous-fingering instability and vortex dynamics; he received the American Physical Society's Otto Laporte Award in 1994. Born in Leeds to a Jewish family, he built his career in England and then the United States.
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Vortex dynamicist of Saffman-Taylor fingering; Otto Laporte Award (1994)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics
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