Ari Ben-Menahem

Ari Ben-Menahem
ארי בן-מנחם
Born (1928-11-04) 4 November 1928
Berlin
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsWeizmann Institute of Science
Doctoral advisorFrank Press
Hugo Benioff

Ari Ben-Menahem (Schlanger) (Hebrew: ארי בן-מנחם) has been professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science since 1964 and visiting professor at MIT. He is a seismologist, author, polymath, and historian of science. He coauthored with Sarvajit Singh, "Seismic Waves and Sources: the mathematical theory of seismology", a pioneering treatise since the nascent of this discipline at the turn of the 20th century.