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Qian Xuesen

1911 - 2009

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Qian Xuesen (Chinese: 钱学森; December 11, 1911 – October 31, 2009; also spelled as Tsien Hsue-shen) was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics. He achieved recognition as one of America's leading experts in rockets and high-speed flight theory prior to his deportation to China in 1955. Qian received his undergraduate education in mechanical engineering at National Chiao Tung University in Shanghai in 1934. He traveled to the United States in 1935 and attained a master's degree in aeronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Qian Xuesen is the 387th most popular physicist (down from 296th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from China (down from 340th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Qian Xuesen ranks 387 out of 851. Before him are Friedrich Paschen, August Kundt, Abram Ioffe, Vladimir Fock, Edward Witten, and George Johnstone Stoney. After him are Donna Strickland, Christopher Polhem, Manfred von Ardenne, Léon Brillouin, Hiroshi Amano, and Moritz von Jacobi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Qian Xuesen ranks 92. Before him are Jussi Björling, Alfredo Foni, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Thanom Kittikachorn, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, and Leif Erickson. After him are Mark Bernes, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Viktor Barna, Paul Goodman, Jehan Alain, and Zenkō Suzuki. Among people deceased in 2009, Qian Xuesen ranks 82. Before him are Ryuzo Hiraki, John Hughes, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Lucian Pulvermacher, and Arne Næss. After him are Edward T. Hall, Kim Peek, Augusto Boal, Glenn Davis, James Whitmore, and Armen Takhtajan.

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In China

Among people born in China, Qian Xuesen ranks 475 out of 1,610. Before him are 9th Dalai Lama (1805), Ma Dai (183), Morris Chang (1931), Rebiya Kadeer (1946), Zuo Zongtang (1812), and Feng Guozhang (1859). After him are Wu Peifu (1874), Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yao Wenyuan (1931), Yang Xiong (-53), and Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920).

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Among PHYSICISTS In China

Among physicists born in China, Qian Xuesen ranks 6. Before him are Walter Houser Brattain (1902), Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Chien-Shiung Wu (1912), Yang Chen-Ning (1922), and Daniel C. Tsui (1939). After him are He Jiankui (1984).

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