# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-halpern
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:21.331Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-halpern"
name: "Paul Halpern"
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description: "Paul Halpern is an American author and professor of physics at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia."
tagline: "Philadelphia physicist and science writer (born 1961)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1961-01-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           7.211484
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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    handle:    "phalpern"
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    handle:    "nm3753930"
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    title: "Paul Halpern"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump