# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-zemansky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:10:51.590Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-zemansky"
name: "Mark Zemansky"
slug: "mark-zemansky"
description: "Mark Waldo Zemansky was an American physicist and teacher. He was a professor of physics at the City College of New York for decades and is best known for co-authoring the introductory textbook titled University Physics with Francis Sears, first published in 1949 and has had many editions since."
tagline: "American physicist, physics textbook writer (1900-1981)"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1900-05-05"
deathDate: "1981-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump