Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán (; 11 Mei 1881 – 6 Mei 1963) adalah seorang matematikawan, ahli teknik kedirgantaraan dan fisikawan Hungaria-Amerika yang utamanya aktif di bidang aeronautika dan astronautika.

 Kehidupan awal 
Von Kármán lahir dalam keluarga Yahudi di Budapest, Austria-Hungaria dengan nama Kármán Tódor.

 Penulisan terpilih 
 Aerodynamics - Selected Topics in the Light of their Historical Development, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1954
 Collected Works, (4 Volume), Institut Von Karman, Rhode St. Genese, 1975 (buku edisi terbatas); juga Butterworth Scientific Publ., London 1956. Sejumlah halaman dari volume 1 dan 2 berbahasa Jerman.
 From Low Speed Aerodynamics to Astronautics, Pergamon Press, London, 1961
 The Wind and Beyond - Theodore von Kármán Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space, Little Brown, 1967 (bersama L. Edson)
 Mathematical Methods in Engineering, McGraw Hill, 1940 (bersama M. A. Biot)

 Referensi 

 Bacaan tambahan 
 I. Chang, Thread of the Silkworm. Perseus Books Group (1995). ISBN 0-465-08716-7.
 D. S. Halacy, Jr., Father of Supersonic Flight: Theodor von Kármán (1965).
 M. H. Gorn, The Universal Man: Theodore von Kármán's Life in Aeronautics (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1992).
 G. Gabrielli, "Theodore von Kármán", Atti Accad. Sci. Torino Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. 98 (1963/1964), 471-485.
 J. L. Greenberg and J. R. Goodstein, "Theodore von Kármán and applied mathematics in America," A century of mathematics in America II (Providence, R.I., 1989), 467-477.
 R. C. Hall, "Shaping the course of aeronautics, rocketry, and astronautics: Theodore von Kármán, 1881-1963," J. Astronaut. Sci. 26 (4) (1978), 369-386.
 J. Polásek, "Theodore von Kármán and applied mathematics" (Czech), Pokroky Mat. Fyz. Astronom. 28 (6) (1983), 301-310.
 F. L. Wattendorf, "Theodore von Kármán, international scientist," Z. Flugwiss. 4 (1956), 163-165.
 F. L. Wattendorf and F. J. Malina, "Theodore von Kármán, 1881-1963," Astronautica Acta 10 (1964), 81.

 Pranala luar 

 Theodore von Kármán  - Sekolah Matematika dan Statistik, Universitas St. Andrews, Skotlandia
 Profile of von Kármán  - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Research institute founded by and later named for von Kármán
 Brief biography
 Gravesite of von Kármán
 Video recording of the N. Peters's lecture on life and work of Theodore von Kármán

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