Gale J. Young
Gale J. Young | |
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| Born | March 5, 1912 |
| Died | May 21, 1990 (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Milwaukee School of Engineering (B.S.E.) University of Chicago (M.S.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics; nuclear engineering; applied mathematics |
| Institutions | Metallurgical Laboratory; Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Gale J. Young (1912–1990) was an American engineer, mathematical physicist, biophysicist, and applied mathematician. He is known as a pioneer of nuclear engineering and as one of the namesakes of the Eckart-Young theorem in linear algebra.