John Alexander Simpson
Sign in to saveAlso known as John A. Simpson, John Simpson, J. A. Simpson, J.A. Simpson, J. Simpson, Simpson, John Alexander
American physicist and science educator, veteran of the Manhattan Project (1916-2000)
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- Works
- 9
Top works
- Towards cultural democracy
- Permanent education in England and Wales
- Towards cultural democracy
- Permanent education in England and Wales
- Feasibility study in the collection of adult education statistics
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,591x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,083x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,910x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,581x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- New York University
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Manhattan Project
- Field of work
- nuclear physics
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- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2000-08-31
- date of birth
- 1916-11-03
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- John Alexander Simpson Jr.
- Commons category
- John Alexander Simpson
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