Philip Abelson
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. He later worked on a broad range of scientific topics and related public policy, including organic geochemistry, paleobiology and energy policy.
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- Born in
- Tacoma
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleyWashington State University
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- 🏆 Waldo E. Smith Award🏆 NAS Public Welfare Medal🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society🏆 National Medal of Science
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1913
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