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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 371,864 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yash Pal is the 753rd most popular physicist (down from 700th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 107th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Physicist.

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  • 370k

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  • 38.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yash Pal ranks 753 out of 717. Before him are Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Brian Cox, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Norris Bradbury, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, and Nima Arkani-Hamed. After him are Herbert Goldstein, Richard A. Muller, Howard Georgi, Ernest Moniz, John C. Baez, and Sylvia Fedoruk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Yash Pal ranks 469. Before him are Ann B. Davis, Géza Kádas, Tulsi Giri, Hazel Court, June Haver, and J. P. Donleavy. After him are Alex Groza, Bruce Harlan, Mathilde Krim, Lorenzo Wright, Dennis Wilshaw, and Joan Lorring. Among people deceased in 2017, Yash Pal ranks 538. Before him are Harvey Atkin, Margit Schumann, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, J. P. Donleavy, Janusz Wójcik, and Mario Tullio Montano. After him are Ryszard Parulski, Darrall Imhoff, Ninian Stephen, David Axelrod, Ian Stewart, and Wilfried.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Yash Pal ranks 109 out of 180. Before him are Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (1931), Ram Jethmalani (1923), Suraiya (1929), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), and Kulbhushan Kharbanda (1944). After him are Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), Sultan Rahi (1938), Hafiz Saeed (1950), Keshav Dutt (1925), Salima Ikram (1965), 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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