# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isadore-perlman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:45.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isadore-perlman"
name: "Isadore Perlman"
slug: "isadore-perlman"
description: "Isadore Perlman was an American nuclear chemist noted for his research of Alpha particle decay.\n\n\n\n\nThe National Academy of Sciences called Perlman \"a world leader on the systematics of alpha decay\".\nHe was also recognized for his research of nuclear structure of the heavy elements.\nHe was also noted for his isolation of Curium,\n\n\nas well as for fission of tantalum, bismuth, lead, thallium and platinum.\n\nPerlman discovered uses of radioactive iodine and phosphorus for medical purposes.\nHe played a key role in Manhattan Project's plutonium production."
tagline: "American nuclear chemist (1915–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Isadore_Perlman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1915-04-12"
deathDate: "1991-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.32
  momentum:             0.4918032786885246
  historical:           5.468970666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadore_Perlman"
    title: "Isadore Perlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إيزادور بيرلمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadore_Perlman"
    title: "Isadore Perlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Исадор Перлман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadore_Perlman"
    title: "Isadore Perlman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Перлман, Исадор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11205530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump