Theodore "Tivador Mihaly" von Kármán

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Theodore "Tivador Mihaly" von Kármán

Hungarian: Kármán Tódor
Also Known As: "Szőllőskislaki Kármán Tódor"
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Birthplace: Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Death: May 07, 1963 (81)
Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Mor Kármán and Helene Kármán
Brother of Elemér Jakab Kármán; Ferenc Abraham Kármán; Móricz Kármán; Nikolas "Miklos Mordechai" Kármán; Josefina "Jozsefa / aka Pepi" Kármán and 1 other

Occupation: mathematician, aerospace engineer, physicist
Managed by: Randy Schoenberg
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About Theodore "Tivador Mihaly" von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: szőllőskislaki Kármán Tódor) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics. He is responsible for many key advances in aerodynamics, notably his work on supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization. He is regarded as the outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the twentieth century.

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Theodore "Tivador Mihaly" von Kármán's Timeline

1881
May 11, 1881
Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
1963
May 7, 1963
Age 81
Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany