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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 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 230,169 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Condon is the 641st most popular physicist (down from 588th in 2019), the 7,102nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,899th in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edward Condon ranks 641 out of 717. Before him are Leo Kadanoff, Ursula Franklin, Barys Kit, Lee Smolin, Paul Peter Ewald, and Carlo Alberto Castigliano. After him are Leonid Sedov, Mark Oliphant, Zoltán Lajos Bay, César Lattes, Nikolay Umov, and Tom Kibble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Edward Condon ranks 242. Before him are Nikolaus Pevsner, Mario Magnozzi, Toivo Loukola, Josef Silný, Georges Lacombe, and Afife Jale. After him are Isidoro Sota, Sergei Lemeshev, Jaime Torres Bodet, Veli Saarinen, Josef von Báky, and Giorgio Pessina. Among people deceased in 1974, Edward Condon ranks 182. Before him are Jacqueline Susann, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Gerhard Lamprecht, Matilde Hidalgo, Fernand de Montigny, and Knudåge Riisager. After him are Théodore Nouwens, Sverre Hansen, Jaime Torres Bodet, Otto Kruger, Jimmy Hogan, and José Vidal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Condon ranks 7,102 out of 18,182. Before him are John Keel (1930), Carl Johnson (1898), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Amar Bose (1929), Chyler Leigh (1982), and Criss Angel (1967). After him are Randy Meisner (1946), L. J. Smith (1965), Edgar Bergen (1903), Anita Bryant (1940), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), and Lauren Lane (1961).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Edward Condon ranks 135. Before him are William Higinbotham (1910), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), Frederick Seitz (1911), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Leo Kadanoff (1937), and Lee Smolin (1955). After him are Leona Woods (1919), Lisa Randall (1962), Ash Carter (1954), Joseph Polchinski (1954), Robert L. Forward (1932), and Robert R. Wilson (1914).

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