PHYSICIST

Yash Pal

1926 - 2017

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Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yash Pal has received more than 384,230 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yash Pal is the 792nd most popular physicist (down from 753rd in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 108th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Physicist.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yash Pal ranks 792 out of 851. Before him are Robert L. Forward, Ayşe Erzan, Werner Israel, Léon Rosenfeld, Emil Wolf, and Cumrun Vafa. After him are Egon Orowan, Sarah Frances Whiting, Abhay Ashtekar, Robert Detweiler, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Frank Press.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Yash Pal ranks 504. Before him are June Haver, Pat Flaherty, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Paul Burke, Cathy Downs, and Bryan Forbes. After him are Alfonso Silva, Doris Belack, Margreth Weivers, Beverly Garland, R. L. Burnside, and Franca Falcucci. Among people deceased in 2017, Yash Pal ranks 557. Before him are Karel Schoeman, Ryszard Parulski, Steve Sumner, William H. Gass, Rhodri Morgan, and Fernand Decanali. After him are Mario Tullio Montano, Richard Wilbur, Benjamin Whitrow, John B. Anderson, Jim Nabors, and Howard Hodgkin.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Yash Pal ranks 113 out of 217. Before him are Sultan Rahi (1938), Nek Chand (1924), Salima Ikram (1965), Iqbal Masih (1983), Sartaj Aziz (1929), and Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944). After him are Javed Iqbal (1961), Shamshad Begum (1919), Asma Barlas (1950), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Iqbal Theba (1963), and Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Pakistan

Among physicists born in Pakistan, Yash Pal ranks 3. Before him are Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), and Abdus Salam (1926). After him are Nergis Mavalvala (1968).

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