Burgers, J. M. (Johannes Martinus), 1895-
Johannes M. Burgers autobiographical notes, 1954.
Copy of autobiographical notes by Johannes M. Burgers with an introduction by J. V. Sengers and G. Ooms. The autobiography covers topics such as: his childhood, studying at the University of Leiden, Paul Ehrenfest, World War I, his political ideas, Karl Marx, international cooperation in science, Theodore von Karman, Technical University of Delft, International Congress on Applied Mechanics, J. H. Oort, his trip to Russia in the late 1920s, League of Nations, World War II.
Physicist (fluid dynamics, theory of turbulence, viscosity of suspensions). Major affiliations include: technische Hodeschool te Delft, Delft, Netherlands, 1918-1975; and University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, 1975-. He died in 1981.
Burgers, J. M. (Johannes Martinus), 1895-
Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933.
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
Oort, Jan Hendrik.
Von Kr̀mǹ, Theodore, 1881-1963.
International Congress of Applied Mechanics.
League of Nations.
Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Technische Hogeschol Delft.
International cooperation.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
Soviet Union
Biography files.
Ooms, G. (Gijsbert), 1941-
Sengers, J. V.
AIP-ICOS
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