1913 - 2004
Philip Hauge Abelson (April 27, 1913 – August 1, 2004) was an American physicist, scientific editor and science writer. Trained as a nuclear physicist, he co-discovered the element neptunium, worked on isotope separation in the Manhattan Project, and wrote the first study of nuclear marine propulsion for submarines. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Abelson has received more than 109,403 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Philip Abelson is the 386th most popular physicist (up from 429th in 2019), the 2,670th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,238th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Physicist.
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Among physicists, Philip Abelson ranks 386 out of 717. Before him are Robert W. Wood, Lyman Spitzer, Chester Carlson, Johann Andreas Segner, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval. After him are Louis Poinsot, Friedrich Paschen, John Henry Poynting, Louis Paul Cailletet, Duncan Haldane, and Hendrik Casimir.
1868 - 1955
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 380
1914 - 1997
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 381
1906 - 1968
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 382
1704 - 1777
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 383
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 384
1851 - 1940
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 385
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 386
1777 - 1859
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 387
1865 - 1947
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 388
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 389
1832 - 1913
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 390
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 391
1909 - 2000
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 392
Among people born in 1913, Philip Abelson ranks 110. Before him are Alfred Bester, Wols, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Maurice Wilkes, Hélio Gracie, and Yasuo Suzuki. After him are Trevor Howard, Lucien Goldmann, Elisaveta Bykova, Georgy Flyorov, Véra Clouzot, and Nikolai Amosov. Among people deceased in 2004, Philip Abelson ranks 89. Before him are Fay Wray, Vasili Mitrokhin, Frances Shand Kydd, Anthony Steffen, Zenkō Suzuki, and Uta Hagen. After him are Chiang Fang-liang, Boris Trajkovski, Marco Pantani, Jean Lefebvre, Artie Shaw, and Irina Press.
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 104
1913 - 1951
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 105
1913 - 2012
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 106
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 107
1913 - 2009
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 108
1913 - 2000
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 109
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 110
1913 - 1988
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 111
1913 - 1970
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 112
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 113
1913 - 1990
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 114
1913 - 1960
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 115
1913 - 2002
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 116
1907 - 2004
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 83
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 84
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 85
1930 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 86
1911 - 2004
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 87
1919 - 2004
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 88
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 89
1916 - 2004
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 90
1956 - 2004
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 91
1970 - 2004
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 92
1919 - 2004
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 93
1910 - 2004
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 94
1939 - 2004
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 95
Among people born in United States, Philip Abelson ranks 2,670 out of 18,182. Before him are Annie Proulx (1935), Richard Beymer (1938), John W. Campbell (1910), Dan Flavin (1933), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), and Tito Puente (1923). After him are Jeff Daniels (1955), Ben Bernanke (1953), James M. Cain (1892), Besse Cooper (1896), Randy Rhoads (1956), and Frank Miller (1957).
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,664
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,665
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,666
1933 - 1996
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,667
1807 - 1891
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,668
1923 - 2000
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,669
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,670
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,671
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,672
1892 - 1977
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2,673
1896 - 2012
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 2,674
1956 - 1982
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 2,675
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2,676
Among physicists born in United States, Philip Abelson ranks 82. Before him are Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Carl Wieman (1951), Edwin H. Land (1909), Robert W. Wood (1868), Lyman Spitzer (1914), and Chester Carlson (1906). After him are Leonard Susskind (1940), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), John C. Mather (1946), Gene Amdahl (1922), Saul Perlmutter (1959), and Grote Reber (1911).
1901 - 1967
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 77
1909 - 1991
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 78
1868 - 1955
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 79
1914 - 1997
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 80
1906 - 1968
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 81
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 82
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 83
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 84
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 85
1922 - 2015
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 86
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 87
1911 - 2002
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 88