Liviu Librescu ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlivju liˈbresku]; Hebrew: ליביו ליברסקו; August 18, 1930 – April 16, 2007) was a Romanian–American scientist and engineer.
The revelation that Dr. Liviu Librescu blocked the door of his classroom in Norris Hall on the morning of April 16 so that his students could escape through the windows came as no surprise to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Matt Waxman, adjunct senior fellow for law and foreign policy and Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia University sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the legality of the Trump administration's military strikes against drug…
According to Iswhar Puri, the first thing you’d notice about Liviu Librescu was his posture. “He was ramrod straight” and had “a spine of steel,” said Puri, who is now the dean of the engineering faculty at McMaster University in Hamilton…
Před 3 měsíciJako židovské dítě byl Liviu Librescu v Rumunsku během druhé světové války nucen vyrůstat v pracovním táboře a ghettu. Přežil však a pokračoval ve studiu leteckého inženýrství. Když odmítl přísahat novému režimu diktátora Ceausesca, málem…