Talk:Theodore von Kármán

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the accuracy of this article does not comply with Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 12. (Nov., 1966), pp. 334-365.

the biographical memoirs of theodore von karman (athens ID required) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.26.102 (talk • contribs)

What's this "compliance" BS?

Tell us what you think is wrong, or fix it—and if you are unable or unwilling to do so, the tag you added will be removed. Gene Nygaard 09:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Karman was Jewish

I am unable to understand the last edit. There are abundant references that he was Jewish:

Amazon.com "Theodore von Karman, a Jewish immigrant and pioneer in aviation and space science"
Theodore von Karman in his own words "A native Jewish Hungarian"
In Encyclopaedia Judaica, list of Jewish mathematicians, art. "Mathematics"
"The National Medal of Science has only now been conferred on Dr. Theodore von Karman, a Jewish scientist who emigrated to America from Hungary in 1930." Jewish Chronicle, March 1 1963, p.18.
[1] "Theodore von Karman, born to a middle-class Jewish family"
JINFO list of Jewish physicists
Air Force Magazine "Theodore von Karman was a third son, born to a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest"

--Runcorn 20:46, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RAND

Nicholas Dawidoff, The Catcher Was a Spy, Vintage, 1994, ISBN 0679762892, p. 257 says that von Kármán had a part in founding the RAND Corporation, but does not elaborate. Probably worth someone researching further and following up. Dawidoffs endnotes suggest that he was working from von Kármán's book with Lee Edson, The Wind and Beyond, possibly p. 246–248. - Jmabel | Talk 20:09, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Surname

Shouldn't he be referred to by surname as just Kármán, rather than von Kármán, just like Beethoven? Currently the article is inconsistent too. —DIV —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.250.204.118 (talk) 07:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Award in his name

There is a SIAM award in his name, the Theodore_von_Karman_Prize ref. [2]

possible TvK "relic" in Aachen/Germany

There is a Theodore von Karman room at the institute for fluid mechanics and aerodynamics (his former position in Aachen). I had an oral examination on aerodynamics in this room, of which is said to be his old office, equipped with his old desk and some furniture. I´m not quite sure, if this is really the truth, but it was a hell of a good inspiration. Its plausible, that the furniture is real, but I don´t really expect the building to be old enough für this, cause Aachen was nearly completely leveled in the end of WW2

Interested in pictures?