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Norris Bradbury

1909 - 1997

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Norris Edwin Bradbury (May 30, 1909 – August 20, 1997), was an American physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years from 1945 to 1970. He succeeded Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Bradbury was in charge of the final assembly of "the Gadget", detonated in July 1945 for the Trinity test. Bradbury took charge at Los Alamos at a difficult time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norris Bradbury has received more than 232,687 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Norris Bradbury is the 750th most popular physicist (down from 689th in 2019), the 11,609th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,763rd in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Norris Bradbury ranks 750 out of 717. Before him are Mary K. Gaillard, Werner Israel, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Brian Cox, and Udupi Ramachandra Rao. After him are Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Yash Pal, Herbert Goldstein, Richard A. Muller, and Howard Georgi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Norris Bradbury ranks 345. Before him are Bimal Roy, Raúl Landini, John Wright, Sam Balter, Eleanor Garatti, and Alan Curtis. After him are Bill Wheatley, Guillermo Douglas, Madge Evans, William Penney, Baron Penney, Obafemi Awolowo, and Marion Martin. Among people deceased in 1997, Norris Bradbury ranks 276. Before him are Yevgeni Mayorov, William Alland, Denise Levertov, Fyodor Simashev, Troy Ruttman, and Shirley Clarke. After him are Sally Blane, Rod Milburn, Floyd Cramer, Paul Tsongas, Polly Ann Young, and P. H. Newby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norris Bradbury ranks 11,609 out of 18,182. Before him are P. J. O'Rourke (1947), Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Colin Trevorrow (1976), Chris Messina (1974), J. P. Donleavy (1926), and Mageina Tovah (1979). After him are Josh Hopkins (1970), Ken Wahl (1954), Trent Lott (1941), David Draiman (1973), Sally Blane (1910), and Scott Adams (1957).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Norris Bradbury ranks 168. Before him are Daniel Kleppner (1932), Robert Serber (1909), Bertrand Halperin (1941), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Mary K. Gaillard (1939), and Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922). After him are Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972), Herbert Goldstein (1922), Richard A. Muller (1944), Howard Georgi (1947), Ernest Moniz (1944), and John C. Baez (1961).

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