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Robert H. Kraichnan
Born
(1928-01-15)January 15, 1928
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
February 26, 2008(2008-02-26) (aged 80)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. and Ph.D.)
Known for
Turbulence
Scientific career
Fields
Fluid mechanics Field theory (physics)
Institutions
Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA
Doctoral advisor
Herman Feshbach
Robert Harry Kraichnan (KRAYSH-nan; January 15, 1928 – February 26, 2008[1]), a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was an American theoretical physicist best known for his work on the theory of fluid turbulence.
^Obituary: Robert Kraichnan, Physicist Who Studied Turbulence, Is Dead at 80, By JEREMY PEARCE, MARCH 8, 2008, The New York Times
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Conducting Fluid in a Strong Magnetic Field, Soviet Astronomy, 7, 566. Kraichnan, Robert H. (1965). "Inertial-Range Spectrum of Hydromagnetic Turbulence"....
Thermodynamics. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-87027-4. Kraichnan, R. H. (1955). "Special-Relativistic Derivation of Generally Covariant...
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