Abraham Yoffe obituary

Abraham Yoffe investigated the cause of unpredicted explosions in explosives factories and found tiny bubbles were sometimes to blame Photograph: Cavendish laboratory, University of Cambridge

My grandfather Abraham Yoffe, who has died aged 102, was an explosives expert, a research physicist at Cambridge University’s Cavendish laboratory, and a founding fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.

Abe was born in Jerusalem to Haim Yoffe, a rabbi, and his wife, Leah (nee Kreindal). He lived in Australia as a child, attending Melbourne high school. He studied chemistry at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1941, and stayed for a master’s.