Theodor Meyer

Theodor Meyer
Born(1882-03-01)1 March 1882
Bad Bevensen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died8 March 1972(1972-03-08) (aged 90)
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forGas dynamics
SpouseFrieda Büscher
ChildrenHannelore Meyer
(30 March 1924 – 25 August 1942)
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorLudwig Prandtl

Theodor Meyer (1 July 1882 – 8 March 1972) was a German mathematician born in Bad Bevensen, Germany. He was a protege of Ludwig Prandtl and is credited as one of the pioneers in the establishment of the scientific discipline known today as compressible flow or gas dynamics.

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