Robert Joshua Rubin (/ˈruːbɪn/; August 17, 1926 – January 18, 2008)[1] was an American mathematician whose work involved modelling complex physical systems.
[2] He worked principally at the National Bureau of Standards, and was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and also a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
[2] He received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University, and his doctorate also from Cornell, in 1951; his doctoral advisor was Peter Debye.
[2] He worked first at the Johns Hopkins Advanced Physics Laboratory, and then at the Bureau of Standards.
His children include Judith Young (astronomer) and Karl Rubin (mathematician).