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PHYSICIST

Clyde Cowan

1919 - 1974

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Clyde Lorrain Cowan Jr (December 6, 1919 – May 24, 1974) was an American physicist and the co-discoverer of the neutrino along with Frederick Reines. The discovery was made in 1956 in the neutrino experiment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clyde Cowan has received more than 78,557 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Clyde Cowan is the 680th most popular physicist (down from 590th in 2019), the 8,085th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,960th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Clyde Cowan ranks 680 out of 717. Before him are Robert L. Forward, Robert R. Wilson, Gerald Guralnik, Ernst Stueckelberg, Abraham Pais, and Sulamith Goldhaber. After him are Frank Benford, Leonard Mlodinow, Ernst Ising, Charles H. Bennett, Miguel Alcubierre, and E. C. George Sudarshan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Clyde Cowan ranks 269. Before him are Folke Alnevik, Strother Martin, Aldo Campatelli, Dries van der Lof, Patricia Medina, and Cornelia Fort. After him are Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Wu Wenjun, Asbjørn Ruud, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Marge Champion. Among people deceased in 1974, Clyde Cowan ranks 197. Before him are Katharine Cornell, Þórbergur Þórðarson, Glenn Morris, Erskine Hamilton Childers, Arthur Crudup, and Marieluise Fleißer. After him are Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Maturino Blanchet, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Jacob Bronowski, and Karen Silkwood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clyde Cowan ranks 8,085 out of 18,182. Before him are Bill Hader (1978), Stubby Kaye (1918), Tim LaHaye (1926), Bootsy Collins (1951), David Frankel (1959), and Janet Hubert (1956). After him are Blair Brown (1946), Ricky Jay (1946), Amy Tan (1952), Elaine Stritch (1925), Haskell Wexler (1922), and Frank Benford (1883).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Clyde Cowan ranks 143. Before him are Lisa Randall (1962), Ash Carter (1954), Joseph Polchinski (1954), Robert L. Forward (1932), Robert R. Wilson (1914), and Gerald Guralnik (1936). After him are Frank Benford (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Charles H. Bennett (1943), John Clauser (1942), Charles W. Misner (1932), and Stanton T. Friedman (1934).

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