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Philip Abelson

Philip Abelson
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Philip Hauge Abelson 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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Mary Kenneth KellerDecember 17, 1913 – January 10, 1985
  2. Paul ErdősMarch 26, 1913 – September 20, 1996
  3. Philip Abelson (this page)April 27, 1913 – August 1, 2004
  4. Stanford MooreSeptember 4, 1913 – August 23, 1982
  5. Suzan KahramanerMay 21, 1913 – February 22, 2006
  6. Willis LambJuly 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008

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