SYDNEY GOLDSTEIN, 85 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER, TEACHER

From: The Boston Globe | Date: January 24, 1989 | Copyright information

Sydney Goldstein, an expert in fluid mechanics who pioneered in aeronautical engineering in Israel and taught applied mathematics at Harvard University from 1954 until his retirement in 1970, died Sunday in Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton. He was 85 and lived in Randolph.

Born in Hull, England, Mr. Goldstein worked during World War II at the aerodynamics division of Britain's National Physical Laboratory and from 1946 to 1949 was chairman of the British Aeronautical Research ...

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