death_place death_date birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
rehovot , israel 24 february 1993 alytus , vilna governorate gold -rrb- israel prize -lrb- 1980 -rrb- medal of the royal astronomical society -lrb- 1980 american/israeli geophysics massachusetts study weizmann institute of science institute of technology columbia university institute for advanced 15 june 1908 surface waves , stability of pipe flow chaim l. pekeris
 chaim leib pekeris massachusetts institute of technology
chaim l. pekeris

chaim leib pekeris -lrb- june 15 , 1908 -- february 24 , 1993 -rrb- was an israeli-american physicist and mathematician .
he made notable contributions to geophysics and the spectral theory of many-electron atoms , in particular the helium atom .
he was also one of the designers of the first computer in israel , weizac .
