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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.
Philip Hauge Abelson was an American physical chemist who proposed the gas diffusion process for separating uranium-235 from uranium-238 and in collaboration with the U.S. physicist Edwin Mattison McMillan discovered the element neptunium.
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Aug 1, 2004 · Philip Abelson (1913-2004) was an American physicist whose discoveries helped obtain the necessary uranium to build an atomic bomb. In 1940, Abelson developed a liquid thermal diffusion process for uranium-235 isotopes.
Philip Abelson was born in 1913 in Tacoma, Washington. He attended Washington State University where he received degrees in Chemistry and Physics, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his Ph. D. in Nuclear Physics.
Philip Abelson, pictured in 1947, as he prepares a laboratory sample for isotope analysis in order to study how biomolecules are preserved in the fossil record. With his credit fully established as a prominent nuclear physicist, took a leave of absence from Carnegie in 1941 to transfer to the Naval Research Laboratory.
Aug 6, 2004 · Philip H. Abelson, for 23 years the editor of Science, passed away on 1 August at 91. For us relative newcomers as well as those whom he brought here, his loss marks the end of an era. As an extraordinary role model here at Science , he cared about the full breadth of scientific work, having himself made major contributions in fields ...
Aug 8, 2004 · Philip H. Abelson, a versatile scientist, editor and administrator who helped discover the element neptunium and later chronicled laboratory advances as editor of the journal Science,...
