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Lyman Spitzer

1914 - 1997

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Lyman Spitzer Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation and plasma physics and in 1946 conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lyman Spitzer has received more than 208,197 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lyman Spitzer is the 381st most popular physicist (up from 392nd in 2019), the 2,591st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,802nd in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Physicist.

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  • 31

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  • 2.90

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Lyman Spitzer ranks 381 out of 717. Before him are Johanna Budwig, Edwin H. Land, Vladimir Chelomey, Ányos Jedlik, Henri Tresca, and Robert W. Wood. After him are Chester Carlson, Johann Andreas Segner, Wolfgang Ketterle, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Philip Abelson, and Louis Poinsot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Lyman Spitzer ranks 106. Before him are Kirill Kondrashin, Álvaro del Portillo, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Vladimir Chelomey, Arthur Kennedy, and Noor Inayat Khan. After him are Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Akira Matsunaga, Edward Schillebeeckx, Hortensia Bussi, Annie Fischer, and Patrick O'Brian. Among people deceased in 1997, Lyman Spitzer ranks 89. Before him are Andrew Cunanan, Walter Gotell, Bo Widerberg, Jean Françaix, Jean-Dominique Bauby, and Allan Edwall. After him are Héctor Yazalde, Michael Hutchence, Andrés Rodríguez, Kunihiko Kodaira, Teiichi Matsumaru, and Ho Feng-Shan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lyman Spitzer ranks 2,591 out of 18,182. Before him are Donald P. Bellisario (1935), Pauley Perrette (1969), Robert W. Wood (1868), J. J. Abrams (1966), Marshall Sahlins (1930), and Leslie Easterbrook (1949). After him are Diane Ladd (1935), Andy Williams (1927), Paul Cohen (1934), Wally Schirra (1923), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), and Alice Walton (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Lyman Spitzer ranks 80. Before him are Edwin Hall (1855), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Carl Wieman (1951), Edwin H. Land (1909), and Robert W. Wood (1868). After him are Chester Carlson (1906), Philip Abelson (1913), Leonard Susskind (1940), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), John C. Mather (1946), and Gene Amdahl (1922).

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