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Philip Abelson

1913 - 2004

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Philip Hauge Abelson (April 27, 1913 – August 1, 2004) was an American physicist, scientific editor and science writer. Trained as a nuclear physicist, he co-discovered the element neptunium, worked on isotope separation in the Manhattan Project, and wrote the first study of nuclear marine propulsion for submarines. He later worked on a broad range of scientific topics and related public policy, including organic geochemistry, paleobiology and energy policy. Abelson served as editor-in-chief of the journal Science from 1962–84, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington from 1971–78, and president of the American Geophysical Union from 1972-74. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Abelson is the 412th most popular physicist (down from 339th in 2019), the 3,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,811th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Philip Abelson ranks 412 out of 851. Before him are Otto Schmidt, Jacob Bekenstein, Nick Holonyak, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Edwin Hall, and Oskar Klein. After him are Charles H. Bennett, William Watson, Lyman Spitzer, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Johannes Franz Hartmann, and Robert W. Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Philip Abelson ranks 114. Before him are Franck Pourcel, Pak Song-chol, Masatoshi Nakayama, Willi Hennig, José Sánchez del Río, and Mary Kenneth Keller. After him are Tikhon Khrennikov, Wols, Georgy Flyorov, Ken Carpenter, Mickey Cohen, and Amrita Sher-Gil. Among people deceased in 2004, Philip Abelson ranks 90. Before him are John Charles, Alan King, Marco Pantani, Shiing-Shen Chern, Juan Carlos Aramburu, and Brian Clough. After him are Fred Lawrence Whipple, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Arnold Orville Beckman, Irina Press, Ann Miller, and Russ Meyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Abelson ranks 3,026 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Kenneth Keller (1913), Carl Sandburg (1878), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), Betty Grable (1916), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), and Dennis Wilson (1944). After him are Ken Kercheval (1935), Charles H. Bennett (1943), Fess Parker (1924), Xander Berkeley (1955), Goldust (1969), and Cyd Charisse (1922).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Philip Abelson ranks 83. Before him are Nathan Rosen (1909), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Edward Witten (1951), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), Nick Holonyak (1928), and Edwin Hall (1855). After him are Charles H. Bennett (1943), Lyman Spitzer (1914), Robert W. Wood (1868), John Mauchly (1907), Saul Perlmutter (1959), and Alan Guth (1947).

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