Nikolay Zhukovsky
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 103 years ago |
Date of birth | January 17,1847 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Orekhovo |
Moscow | |
Russia | |
Date of died | March 17,1921 |
Died | Moscow |
Russia | |
Field | Mathematical physics |
Influenced by | Ernst Mach |
Ludwig Mach | |
Nikolai Brashman | |
Awards | Order of Saint Anna |
Order of Saint Stanislaus | |
Order of Saint Vladimir | |
Education | Bauman Moscow State Technical University |
Moscow State University | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 848027 |
Nikolay Zhukovsky Life story
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky was a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, and a founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. Whereas contemporary scientists scoffed at the idea of human flight, Zhukovsky was the first to undertake the study of airflow. He is often called the Father of Russian Aviation.