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42: 246:. The study of non-linear equations was enhanced by this discovery, opening up the door to analytical work on the integrability of the KdV equation and the equations of the KP hierarchy. But perhaps more important was the methodology. The use of computer simulations led Zabusky to an appreciation of the importance of appropriate visualization and quantification as a tool in analyzing fluid dynamical and wave systems. In 1990, he and Francois Bitz introduced the term 261:
as a Professor of Mathematics. He organized the NATO Advanced Study Institute School of Nonlinear Mathematics and Physics, held in 1966 at the Max-Planck Institute of Physics in Munich, and in 1971, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work in computational physics, which took him to Oxford
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2003: Otto Laporte Award of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, "For pioneering and enduring contributions in nonlinear and vortex physics and computational fluid dynamics, including: the soliton; contour dynamics and V-states for 2D flows; vortex projectiles for accelerated
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in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. After receiving the Jacobs Chair in Applied Physics (2000–2005) at Rutgers University he became interested in science and art and organized the 4th international Science and Art Symposium
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Topics in Nonlinear Physics: Proceedings of the Physics Session, International School of Nonlinear Mathematics and Physics. A NATO Advanced Study Institute Max-Planck-Institute for Physics and Astrophysics (Munich,
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In 1965, Zabusky and Kruskal pioneered the use of computer simulations to gain analytical insights into non-linear equations, and in the process, discovered the
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In 1988, he left Pittsburgh to become the State of New Jersey Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics in the
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to describe the process of using computer-aided visualization to guide one towards quantitative results.
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University and the Weizmann Institute of Science during the following academic year.
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on January 4, 1929, to Hyman and Anna (née Braun) Zabusky. After graduating from
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F. Bitz, N. J. Zabusky, Comput. Phys., November‐December 1990, p. 603.
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N. J. Zabusky and M. D. Kruskal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 15 (1965) 240. DOI:
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was an American physicist, who is noted for the discovery of the
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from 1961 to 1976, after which he joined the faculty of the
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inhomogeneous flows; and visiometrics for reduced modeling.”
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Fluid dynamics and Waves; Computational fluid dynamics
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During his career, Zabusky was active in supporting
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of the Franklin Institute for the discovery of the
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Norman J. Zabusky

Brooklyn, New York
Beer Sheva, Israel
City College of New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
solitons
Potts Medal
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rutgers University
Doctoral advisor
Milton S. Plesset
soliton
Korteweg–de Vries equation
Martin Kruskal
Brooklyn, New York City
Brooklyn Technical High School
City College of New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
soliton
Korteweg–de Vries equation
Bell Laboratories
University of Pittsburgh
Rutgers University
Weizmann Institute of Science
refusenik
U.S.S.R.
Committee of Concerned Scientists

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