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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Prandtl has received more than 321,018 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ludwig Prandtl is the 315th most popular physicist (down from 286th in 2019), the 1,344th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 47th 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

Among physicists, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 315 out of 851. Before him are Paul-Jacques Curie, Moshé Feldenkrais, James Jeans, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, John Robert Schrieffer, and Jan Ingenhousz. After him are Fritjof Capra, Robert B. Laughlin, Ernst Chladni, William Whewell, John C. Mather, and Kenneth G. Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 45. Before him are Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Mistinguett, Franco Alfano, Birsa Munda, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, and Nobuyuki Abe. After him are Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Qiu Jin, Hiram Bingham III, Fatali Khan Khoyski, Franz Xaver Schwarz, and Rafael Sabatini. Among people deceased in 1953, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 37. Before him are Hans Reichenbach, Otto Meissner, Tazio Nuvolari, Moïse Kisling, Nobuyuki Abe, and Vera Mukhina. After him are Hugo Schmeisser, Mary Anderson, Jean Epstein, Johan Laidoner, Alice Prin, and Elsa Beskow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 1,344 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Karl Löwith (1897), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Fancy (1946), Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), and Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206). After him are Franz von Hipper (1863), Hans Staden (1525), Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890), and Wilhelm Busch (1832).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Ludwig Prandtl ranks 47. Before him are Carl von Linde (1842), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Friedrich Hund (1896), Pascual Jordan (1902), and Jack Steinberger (1921). After him are Ernst Chladni (1756), John B. Goodenough (1922), Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Heinrich Geißler (1814), and Manfred von Ardenne (1907).

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