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Edward Condon

1902 - 1974

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Edward Uhler Condon (March 2, 1902 – March 26, 1974) was an American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant during World War II in the development of radar and, very briefly, of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck–Condon principle and the Slater–Condon rules are co-named after him. He was the fourth director of the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) from 1945 to 1951. In 1946, Condon was president of the American Physical Society, and in 1953 was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Condon is the 656th most popular physicist (down from 532nd in 2019), the 7,244th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,482nd in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edward Condon ranks 656 out of 851. Before him are John Polkinghorne, Christian Møller, Giovanni Giorgi, Bernard Lovell, John Sealy Townsend, and William Higinbotham. After him are Brian Greene, C. V. Boys, Paul Scherrer, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Matvei Bronstein, and Michael Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Edward Condon ranks 239. Before him are Martin Frič, Giorgio Pessina, André Tassin, Luo Ronghuan, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Jesús Bermúdez. After him are Nils Rosén, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg, Johan Borgen, Myrtle Cook, Josef von Báky, and Alexander Abusch. Among people deceased in 1974, Edward Condon ranks 182. Before him are Alexander P. de Seversky, Mirdza Ķempe, Pedro Benítez, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Konrad Frey, and Béla Illés. After him are Ali Mansur, Arthur Crudup, Marieluise Fleißer, Kostas Varnalis, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and Axel Cadier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Condon ranks 7,246 out of 20,380. Before him are Irene Guest (1900), John Myung (1967), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Kristi Noem (1971), Lauren Vélez (1964), and John Templeton (1912). After him are Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Chad Stahelski (1968), Dale Dye (1944), Fats Navarro (1923), Rose Cleveland (1846), and Jonathan Carroll (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Edward Condon ranks 141. Before him are Harold Brown (1927), Sidney Coleman (1937), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Joan Feynman (1927), Charles W. Misner (1932), and William Higinbotham (1910). After him are Brian Greene (1963), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Edith Clarke (1883), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Norris Bradbury (1909), and Lisa Randall (1962).

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