Numa Manson (13 October 1913 - 2 November 1993) was a French scientist, working in the field of combustion and detonation.
[1][2] Along with Antoni K. Oppenheim (Berkeley) and Rem I. Soloukhin (Minsk), he founded the International Committee on Gasdynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS) in 1967.
[4] Numa Manson was born in Ekaterinoslav on October 13, 1913,[5] but along with his family, he emigrated to Germany in 1923 and further to France in 1926.
Manson graduated from the University of Paris in 1934 and from the Higher School of Welding in 1935.
Some notable recipients of the Numa Manson medal are