Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman

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Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman

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Ludwig Prandtl (German scientist), Tsien Hsue-sen (Chinese scientist), Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian-American scientist). Prandtl served for Germany; von Kármán and Tsien served for US Army; after 1956, Tsien served for China (Tsien was deported by US government to China in 1955). Notice that Tsien had US Army rank. Prandtl was doctoral advisor for von Kármán; von Kármán was doctoral advisor for Tsien.

Date

1945

Contributor

Atlas Xu

Citation

“Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman,” American Catholic History Classroom, accessed October 31, 2024, https://cuomeka2.wrlc.org/items/show/1343.

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