Stanislav Braginsky
Stanislav Braginsky · Science & Medicine
Geophysicist who advanced the geodynamo theory explaining the generation of Earth's magnetic field
1926, Moscow, Soviet Union
Soviet Union (Moscow) · United States (Los Angeles)
Stanislav Braginsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geophysicist who advanced the geodynamo theory explaining the generation of Earth's magnetic field
Stanislav I. Braginsky was a Russian-American geophysicist who advanced the theory of the geodynamo—the process by which fluid motion in Earth's molten core generates the planet's magnetic field—including his influential 'nearly symmetric dynamo' model. After emigrating from the Soviet Union in 1988 he worked at UCLA and received the John Adam Fleming Medal. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
Geophysicist who advanced the geodynamo theory explaining the generation of Earth's magnetic field
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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