Ari Ben-Menahem

Ari Ben-Menahem (Schlanger) was an Israeli scientist who was professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1964 and visiting professor at MIT. He was a seismologist, author, polymath and historian of science. Ben-Menahem coauthored with Sarvajit Singh, "Seismic Waves and Sources: the mathematical theory of seismology", a pioneering treatise since the nascence of this discipline at the turn of the 20th century.