Claim: During the Siege of Leningrad Leonid Kantorovich was the professor of VITU of Navy and in charge of safety on the Road of Life where he calculated the optimal distance between cars on ice, depending on thickness of ice and temperature of the air.
Evidence: During the Siege of Leningrad, Kantorovich was the professor of VITU of Navy and in charge of safety on the Road of Life. He calculated the optimal distance between cars on ice, depending on thickness of ice and temperature of the air.