Theodore von Kármán
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. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work.
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- Born in
- Budapest
- Educated at
- Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsUniversity of Göttingen
- Awards
- 🏆 James Watt International Medal🏆 National Aviation Hall of Fame
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Ludwig Prandtl
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Richard G. Folsom📖 Frank Malina
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1881
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Birth1963
Died
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