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Jerome Isaac Friedman

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Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American physicist. He is institute professor and professor of physics, emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics.", work which showed an internal structure for protons later known to be quarks. Friedman sits on the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerome Isaac Friedman is the 185th most popular physicist (up from 215th in 2019), the 686th most popular biography from United States (up from 843rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Physicist.

Jerome Isaac Friedman is most famous for his work in physics, specifically for his work in quantum electrodynamics. He is also known for his work in the field of optics and lasers.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jerome Isaac Friedman ranks 185 out of 851. Before him are Richard E. Taylor, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Burton Richter, Isamu Akasaki, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. After him are Hans Geiger, Georg von Békésy, Douglas Osheroff, George Smoot, Ilya Frank, and Isidor Isaac Rabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jerome Isaac Friedman ranks 41. Before him are Thomas P. Stafford, George E. Smith, Leon Cooper, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claude Chabrol, and Carlos Menem. After him are Anisa Makhlouf, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Tony Lip, Hugh Everett III, Pat Robertson, and Joanne Woodward.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerome Isaac Friedman ranks 686 out of 20,380. Before him are John McCarthy (1927), Rosalynn Carter (1927), Paul Ekman (1934), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Chris Pratt (1979), and John Waters (1946). After him are Sally Field (1946), Janet Leigh (1927), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Harold Urey (1893), Alfred Newman (1900), and Scottie Pippen (1965).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Jerome Isaac Friedman ranks 31. Before him are Joseph Henry (1797), George E. Smith (1930), Leon Cooper (1930), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), and Burton Richter (1931). After him are Douglas Osheroff (1945), George Smoot (1945), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), Hugh David Politzer (1949), Kip Thorne (1940), and Hugh Everett III (1930).

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