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Lyman Spitzer

1914 - 1997

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Lyman Spitzer Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation and plasma physics and in 1946 conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device and is the namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lyman Spitzer is the 415th most popular physicist (up from 448th in 2019), the 3,063rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,150th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Lyman Spitzer ranks 415 out of 851. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Edwin Hall, Oskar Klein, Philip Abelson, Charles H. Bennett, and William Watson. After him are Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Johannes Franz Hartmann, Robert W. Wood, Bruno Rossi, Georgy Flyorov, and Johann Andreas Segner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Lyman Spitzer ranks 119. Before him are Bernard Malamud, Eugene Nida, Carlos Castillo Armas, Go Seigen, Bill Finger, and Erich Topp. After him are J. Lee Thompson, George Tabori, Marcel Bich, Juan Carlos Onganía, Joe Rantz, and Poul Hartling. Among people deceased in 1997, Lyman Spitzer ranks 96. Before him are Jacinto Quincoces, Giuseppe De Santis, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Francisco Aramburu, François Furet, and Martin Schwarzschild. After him are Bo Widerberg, Jambyn Batmönkh, Chiang Wei-kuo, Allan Edwall, Peng Zhen, and Félix Candela.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lyman Spitzer ranks 3,063 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce McCandless II (1937), Amy Beach (1867), Rami Malek (1981), Chris Pine (1980), Alvin Plantinga (1932), and Hannibal Hamlin (1809). After him are Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Craig Mello (1960), Lin Shaye (1943), Al Martino (1927), Bill Duke (1943), and Charles Eames (1907).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Lyman Spitzer ranks 85. Before him are Edward Witten (1951), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), Nick Holonyak (1928), Edwin Hall (1855), Philip Abelson (1913), and Charles H. Bennett (1943). After him are Robert W. Wood (1868), John Mauchly (1907), Saul Perlmutter (1959), Alan Guth (1947), William Stanley Jr. (1858), and Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901).

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