Philip Abelson
US physicist, editor of the journal Science, and director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory (1913-2004) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91
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.
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He later worked on a broad range of scientific topics and related public policy, including organic geochemistry, paleobiology and energy policy.
