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Born May 11, 1881 • Budapest • Hungary
Died May 6, 1963 (aged 81) • Aachen • Germany
Founder Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1963)
Subjects Of Study fluid flow • space exploration • turbulent flow

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