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Ludwig Prandtl

1875 - 1953

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Ludwig Prandtl (4 February 1875 – 15 August 1953) was a German fluid dynamicist, physicist and aerospace scientist. He was a pioneer in the development of rigorous systematic mathematical analyses which he used for underlying the science of aerodynamics, which have come to form the basis of the applied science of aeronautical engineering. In the 1920s, he developed the mathematical basis for the fundamental principles of subsonic aerodynamics in particular; and in general up to and including transonic velocities. His studies identified the boundary layer, thin-airfoils, and lifting-line theories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Prandtl is the 326th most popular physicist (down from 316th in 2019), the 1,292nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,344th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Physicist.

Prandtl was a German engineer and mathematician who is most famous for his work in fluid dynamics. His most notable contribution to fluid dynamics is the Prandtl-Glauert singularity theory, which is a mathematical way of describing the transition from laminar to turbulent flow.

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Among physicists, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 326 out of 851. Before him are John Tyndall, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Charles Fabry, Alexey Ekimov, John Stewart Bell, and Armen Sarkissian. After him are Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Marguerite Perey, Paul-Jacques Curie, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Moshé Feldenkrais, and Louis Paul Cailletet.

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Among people born in 1875, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 44. Before him are Albert Marquet, Nobuyuki Abe, Sisowath Monivong, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Cléo de Mérode, and Mistinguett. After him are Leonardo De Lorenzo, Franco Alfano, Qiu Jin, Othenio Abel, Hiram Bingham III, and Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg. Among people deceased in 1953, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 34. Before him are Alice Prin, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Vera Mukhina, Nobuyuki Abe, Lionel Logue, and Otto Meissner. After him are Ernst Zermelo, Dylan Thomas, Wilhelm Stuckart, Tazio Nuvolari, Richard von Mises, and Johan Laidoner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 1,292 out of 7,253. Before him are Claudia Schiffer (1970), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), Luz Long (1913), Adolf Strauss (1879), and Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721). After him are Werner Haase (1900), August Landmesser (1910), Niklot (1100), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Theodor Busse (1897), and Günter Netzer (1944).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 45. Before him are Carl von Linde (1842), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Friedrich Hund (1896), Rainer Weiss (1932), and Christoph Scheiner (1575). After him are John B. Goodenough (1922), Walther Gerlach (1889), Pascual Jordan (1902), Franz Aepinus (1724), Heinrich Geißler (1814), and Wolfgang Ketterle (1957).

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