Akiva Yaglom Scientist

Akiva Moiseevich Yaglom (Russian: Аки́ва Моисе́евич Ягло́м; 6 March 1921 – 13 December 2007) was a Soviet and Jewish physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist. He was known for his contributions to the statistical theory of turbulence and theory of random processes. Yaglom spent most of his career in Russia working in various institutions, including Institute of Theoretical Geophysics. From 1992 to till his death, Yaglom worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He authored several popular books in mathematics and probability, some of them with his twin brother and mathematician Isaak Yaglom.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 06, 1921
Birth place
Ukraine , Kharkiv , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Nationality
History of the Jews in Russia
Date of deathDecember 13, 2007
Place of death
Boston , Massachusetts , United States
Education
Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Moscow State University

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Scientist

awards
Lewis Fry Richardson
Otto Laporte Award
doctoral advisor
Field of study
Probability theory
Turbulence

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