David Ruelle
Belgian-French mathematician and physicist
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David Pierre Ruelle is a Belgian and naturalized French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems. With Floris Takens, Ruelle coined the term strange attractor, and developed a new theory of turbulence. Wikipedia
Born: 1935 (age 88 years), Ghent, Belgium
Academic advisor: Res Jost
Awards: Dirac Medal of the ICTP, Boltzmann Medal, Henri Poincaré Prize, and more
