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Sameera Moussa

1917 - 1952

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Sameera Moussa or Samira Musa Ali (Arabic: سميرة موسى; March 3, 1917 – August 15, 1952) was an Egyptian atomic scientist and physicist, she is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Moussa held a doctorate in atomic radiation. She hoped her work would one day lead to affordable medical treatments and the peaceful use of atomic energy. She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace Conference and sponsored a call that set an international conference under the banner "Atoms for Peace." She was the first woman to work at Cairo University. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sameera Moussa is the 468th most popular physicist (down from 386th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 304th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Sameera Moussa ranks 468 out of 851. Before her are Jürgen Ehlers, Carlo Matteucci, Walter Heitler, Berta Karlik, Rashid Sunyaev, and Gabriele Veneziano. After her are Mildred Dresselhaus, John Canton, John Houghton, Wilhelm Hisinger, Emil Wiechert, and Jules Antoine Lissajous.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Sameera Moussa ranks 145. Before her are Luigi Poggi, Earl Cameron, Katharine Graham, Celeste Holm, Đỗ Mười, and Han Suyin. After her are Mongo Santamaría, Robert Conquest, Zoltán Fábri, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, and Imre Németh. Among people deceased in 1952, Sameera Moussa ranks 80. Before her are Georgy Shpagin, Krystyna Skarbek, Thomas Hicks, Vladimir Albitsky, Yitzhak Sadeh, and Theodoros Pangalos. After her are Antonia Maury, Juan Yagüe, Rued Langgaard, Richard Hildebrandt, Silvio Cator, and Josephine Tey.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sameera Moussa ranks 366 out of 642. Before her are Timocharis (-320), Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (1920), Iset (-1350), Moustafa Madbouly (1966), Maryana Iskander (1975), and Beketaten (-1400). After her are Sherif Ismail (1955), Neferkamin Anu (-2150), Lysandra (-300), Osorkon III (-900), Al-Mustakfi I (1285), and Nikare (-2200).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Egypt

Among physicists born in Egypt, Sameera Moussa ranks 1. 

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