Editing Nikolay Zhukovsky (scientist) (section)

{{short description|Russian scientist (1847–1921)}}
{{Other people|Zhukovsky|Zhukovsky (disambiguation){{!}}Zhukovsky}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Nikolay Zhukovsky
| native_name       = {{nobold|Николай Жуковский}}
| image             = Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky - 1913 year.jpg
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| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1847|01|17|df=y}}
| birth_place       = Orekhovo, [[Vladimir Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1921|03|17|1847|01|17|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]]
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| citizenship       = 
| nationality       = Russian
| fields            = [[Aerodynamics]]
| workplaces        = [[Imperial Moscow University]]<br/>[[Bauman Moscow State Technical University]]<br/>[[Moscow State University]]
| alma_mater        = [[Moscow State University]]
| doctoral_advisor  = 
| academic_advisors = [[August Davidov]]
| doctoral_students = 
| notable_students  = [[Sergey Chaplygin|S. Chaplygin]]<br/>[[Leonid I. Sedov|L. I. Sedov]]<br/>[[Vasily Vladimirovich Shuleikin|V. V. Shuleikin]]<br />[[Leonid Leibenson]]<br/>[[Andrei Tupolev]]
| known_for         = [[Water hammer|Joukowsky equation]]<br>[[Joukowsky transform]]<br>[[Kutta–Joukowski theorem]]
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| awards            = [[Order of Saint Anna]]<br/>[[Order of Saint Stanislaus]]<br/> [[Order of Saint Vladimir]]
| signature         = Sign of Nikolai Zhukovsky.png
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}}

'''Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky'''<ref>His surname is usually [[Romanization of Russian|romanised]] as '''Joukovsky''' or '''Joukowsky''' in the literature. See for example [[Joukowsky transform]], [[Kutta–Joukowski theorem]] and so on.</ref> ({{lang-rus|Никола́й Его́рович Жуко́вский|p=ʐʊˈkofskʲɪj}}; {{OldStyleDate|17 January|1847|5 January}} – 17 March 1921) was a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, and a founding father of modern [[aerodynamics|aero-]] and [[hydrodynamics]]. Whereas contemporary scientists scoffed at the idea of human flight, Zhukovsky was the first to undertake the study of airflow. He is often called the ''Father of Russian Aviation''.

The [[Joukowsky transform]] is named after him, while the fundamental aerodynamical theorem, the [[Kutta–Joukowski theorem]], is named after both him and German mathematician [[Martin Kutta]].