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Aharon Tcherniavsky (born 25 May 1887 in Kharkiv, died January 3, 1966 in Haifa) was a physicist and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (1927-1929).

Biography
Aharon Tcherniavsky was born near Kharkov. From 1905, he studied at the University of Geneva. In 1923, Tcherniavsky moved to Haifa, together with the Society for Advanced Studies in Science. At first, he worked as a teacher at the Reali School and after the opening of the Technion in 1924 he was the first lecturer in physics at the Technion, which up to that time included two departments: architecture and civil engineering. Tcherniavsky was influential in ensuring that the Technion became a university rather than a technical or vocational school. Between 1927 and 1927, Tcherniavsky served as the Technion's director President.

Publications

 * Introduction to Mechanics / A. Tcherniavsky Chernivtsi, Tel Aviv: Art, 1936. (Released again in 1960).
 * The Transfiguration of Energy in Nature, Jerusalem: R. Mas (The Popular Science Tax Library), 1936. (published again in 1965).
 * Albert Einstein: Life and Theory, Tel Aviv: Dvir (Dvir La'am series), 1954.
 * Between Science and Religion / A. Tcherniavsky Chernivsky, Tel Aviv: Y. Chechik, 1965.

Category:1887 births Category:1966 deaths Category:People from Kharkiv Category:Technion – Israel Institute of Technology presidents Category:University_of_Geneva_alumni