Google Celebrates The Birthday of Olga Ladyzhenskaya – the Russian Mathematician

A great Mathematician, Olga made a lot of contributions in the field of fluid dynamics. Her research has impacted almost all spheres – oceanography, cardiovascular science, aerodynamics, weather forecasting and more. Google Doodle celebrated her birthday today, which is her 97^th borth anniversary.

Born in Soviet Union, on the 7^th of March, in 1922, she authored over 250 papers throughout her career.  A great leader, dynamic thinker, she died at the age of 81. Olga was also an avid lover of arts – she was involved in the St Petersburg intellectual scenario, and was friends with a critique of the Soviet – Aleksandr Solzhenisyn.

Olga in her times became friends with another poet who denounced Stalin – Anna Akhmatova. She received the Lomonosof Gold Medal two years before she died in 2002.