1926 - 2013
Donald Arthur Glaser (September 21, 1926 – February 28, 2013) was an American physicist, neurobiologist, and the winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber used in subatomic particle physics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald A. Glaser has received more than 180,661 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Donald A. Glaser is the 180th most popular physicist (down from 143rd in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from United States (down from 498th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Physicist.
Donald A. Glaser is most famous for inventing the bubble chamber. This device is used to detect subatomic particles.
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Among physicists, Donald A. Glaser ranks 180 out of 721. Before him are Steven Weinberg, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Walter Houser Brattain, K. Alex Müller, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and Alexander Prokhorov. After him are Osborne Reynolds, Satyendra Nath Bose, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, George E. Smith, Leon M. Lederman, and Roy J. Glauber.
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 174
1922 - 2017
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 175
1902 - 1987
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 176
1927 - Present
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 177
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 178
1916 - 2002
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 179
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 180
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 181
1894 - 1974
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 182
1921 - 2011
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 183
1930 - Present
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 184
1922 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 185
1925 - 2018
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1926, Donald A. Glaser ranks 43. Before him are Alcides Ghiggia, Hilary Putnam, Mel Brooks, David Attenborough, Neal Cassady, and George Martin. After him are Murray Rothbard, Ingrid Thulin, Margot Frank, Maria Schell, John Fowles, and Valdas Adamkus. Among people deceased in 2013, Donald A. Glaser ranks 34. Before him are Erich Priebke, Don Shirley, Rochus Misch, Ray Manzarek, Robert Coleman Richardson, and Gylmar dos Santos Neves. After him are Sung Jae-gi, Richard Griffiths, Richard Matheson, Ronald Dworkin, Manfred Rommel, and James Avery.
1926 - 2015
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 37
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 38
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 39
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 40
1926 - 1968
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 41
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 42
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 43
1926 - 1995
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 44
1926 - 2004
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 45
1926 - 1945
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 46
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 47
1926 - 2005
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 48
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 49
1913 - 2013
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 28
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 29
1917 - 2013
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 30
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 31
1937 - 2013
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 32
1930 - 2013
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 33
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 34
1967 - 2013
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 35
1947 - 2013
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 36
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 37
1931 - 2013
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 38
1928 - 2013
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 39
1945 - 2013
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Donald A. Glaser ranks 809 out of 15,968. Before him are William Friedkin (1935), Joseph Campbell (1904), Kevin Kline (1947), Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1918), Maya Angelou (1928), and Raymond Carver (1938). After him are Dave Brubeck (1920), Renée Zellweger (1969), John Kerry (1943), Percival Lowell (1855), Dennis Rodman (1961), and Mel Ferrer (1917).
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 803
1904 - 1987
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 804
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 805
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 806
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 807
1938 - 1988
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 808
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 809
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 810
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 811
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 812
1855 - 1916
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 813
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 814
1917 - 2008
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 815
Among physicists born in United States, Donald A. Glaser ranks 25. Before him are Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Leon Cooper (1930), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Michio Kaku (1947), and Steven Weinberg (1933). After him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), George E. Smith (1930), Leon M. Lederman (1922), Roy J. Glauber (1925), Charles H. Townes (1915), and Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932).
1927 - 2014
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 19
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 20
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 21
1937 - 2013
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 22
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 23
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 24
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 25
1921 - 2011
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 27
1922 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 28
1925 - 2018
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 29
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 30
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 31