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Satish Dhawan

1920 - 2002

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Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in United States. Dhawan was one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers, leading the successful and indigenous development of the Indian space programme. He succeeded M. G. K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satish Dhawan has received more than 1,299,178 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Satish Dhawan is the 917th most popular mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Satish Dhawan ranks 917 out of 1,004. Before him are Herman Chernoff, George Szekeres, Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, Wilhelm Wirtinger, and Ken Ribet. After him are Jacob Bronowski, Martin David Kruskal, J. H. C. Whitehead, Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, and Ivar Otto Bendixson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Satish Dhawan ranks 420. Before him are Friedrich Waller, Dorothy Abbott, Duncan Hamilton, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Eric Brandon, and Tony Gaze. After him are Josef Doležal, Wayne Thiebaud, Simon Pimenta, John O'Connor, Luisa Cuesta, and Marguerite Higgins. Among people deceased in 2002, Satish Dhawan ranks 319. Before him are Vladimir Romashkin, Charles Sheffield, Ward Kimball, Ted Demme, Sam Snead, and George Alec Effinger. After him are Tadeusz Rut, Pratima Barua Pandey, Tom Dowd, Renato Pirocchi, Marga Petersen, and Jam Master Jay.

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