Williams, Forman A.

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WILLIAMS, Forman A.

WILLIAMS, Forman A. American, b. 1934. Genres: Engineering. Career: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor of engineering and applied physics, 1958-64; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, professor of aerospace engineering, 1964-81; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1981-88; University of California, San Diego, professor of engineering physics and combustion and director of Center for Energy Research, 1988-, Presidential Chair in Energy and Combustion Research, 1993. Publications: Combustion Theory, 1965, 2nd ed., 1985; Fundamental Aspects of Solid Propellant Rockets, 1969; (with P.A. Libby) Turbulent Reacting Flows, 1980, rev. ed., 1994; (with A. Linan) Fundamental Aspects of Combustion, 1993.

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