Theodore Von Kármán
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 61 years ago |
Date of birth | May 11,1881 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Budapest |
Hungary | |
Date of died | May 6,1963 |
Died | Aachen |
Germany | |
Thesis | Investigations on buckling strength (1908) |
Address | Rütscher Str. 121, 52072 Aachen, Germany |
Job | Mathematician |
Physicist | |
Rocket scientist | |
Education | University of Göttingen |
Budapest University of Technology and Economics | |
Books | Aerodynamics: Selected Topics in the Light of Their Historical Development |
Mathematical methods in engineering | |
From Low-speed Aerodynamics to Astronautics | |
Fluid Mechanics and Statistical Methods in Engineering | |
Advances in Aeronautical Sciences: Proceedings of the . . . International Congress in the Aeronautical Sciences | |
The wind and beyond | |
Awards | ASME Medal |
John Fritz Medal | |
National Medal of Science for Engineering | |
Timoshenko Medal | |
Field | Aerospace Engineering |
Siblings | Josephine de Karman |
Miklós Kármán | |
Elemér Kármán | |
Ferenc Kármán | |
Parents | Mór Kármán |
Helene Konn | |
Notable student | Qian Xuesen |
Guo Yonghuai | |
Chia-Chiao Lin | |
Academic advisor | Ludwig Prandtl |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 555703 |
Theodore Von Kármán Life story
Theodore von Kármán, was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow.
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