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When was Robert Bird born?

When was Robert Bird born?

Bird, Robert Byron was born on February 5, 1924 in Bryan, Texas, United States. Son of Byron and Ethel (Antrim) Bird. Student, University Maryland, 1941—1943. Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950. Postdoctoral fellow, University Amsterdam, 1950—1951.

Who is Byron Bird?

Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987. Robert Byron Bird was born on February 5, 1924 in Bryan, Texas. His father, Byron Bird was a professor of civil engineering at Texas A&M University.

Where did Bird Bird go to college?

Bird received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1947 and Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from University of Wisconsin in 1950. During 1950–1951, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Universiteit van Amsterdam under Jan de Boer.

What did Bird Bird do?

Bird was the coauthor of several influential books in transport phenomena and rheology, including the classic textbook Transport Phenomena, which was translated into many foreign languages, including Spanish, Italian, Czech, Russian, Persian, and Chinese and the 1200-page tome Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids . TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (2nd Ed.).