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Edward Condon

1902 - 1974

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Edward Uhler Condon (March 2, 1902 – March 26, 1974) was an American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant during World War II in the development of radar and, very briefly, of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck–Condon principle and the Slater–Condon rules are co-named after him. He was the fourth director of the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) from 1945 to 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Condon has received more than 253,031 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Condon is the 532nd most popular physicist (up from 641st in 2019), the 4,482nd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,087th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edward Condon ranks 532 out of 851. Before him are Jayant Narlikar, Ralph H. Fowler, Nicola Cabibbo, Jürgen Ehlers, Boris Rosing, and Samuel T. Cohen. After him are Bryce DeWitt, Eric Allin Cornell, Vladimir Steklov, Macedonio Melloni, Leonid Mandelstam, and Knut Ångström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Edward Condon ranks 175. Before him are Erik Eriksen, Herbert Feigl, Andrés Mazali, Valerian Zorin, Sergey Lebedev, and Ilmari Salminen. After him are Juan Evaristo, Henry Hansen, Emanuel Feuermann, Carlos Vidal, Vissarion Shebalin, and Manuel Seoane. Among people deceased in 1974, Edward Condon ranks 126. Before him are Zeffiro Furiassi, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Sergey Lebedev, Sattar Bahlulzade, Bud Abbott, and Lev Knipper. After him are Sucheta Kriplani, Fritz Szepan, Manuel A. Odría, Willem Marinus Dudok, Anna Q. Nilsson, and Adolph Gottlieb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Condon ranks 4,482 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Dennen (1938), Taj Mahal (1942), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Shirley Horn (1934), Berry Berenson (1948), and Donald Byrd (1932). After him are Tom Atkins (1935), Jon Polito (1950), Randall Duk Kim (1943), Vincent Pastore (1946), Dennis Lehane (1965), and Catherine Hicks (1951).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Edward Condon ranks 107. Before him are Gene Amdahl (1922), Theodore Hall (1925), Lester Germer (1896), Alan Sokal (1955), John Henry Schwarz (1941), and Samuel T. Cohen (1921). After him are Bryce DeWitt (1923), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Norman Holter (1914), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), John G. Trump (1907), and Frank J. Tipler (1947).

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