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John Alexander Simpson

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Also 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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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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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

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5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,591x

  2. STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

    · 2012 · cited 51,083x

  3. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,635x

  4. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,910x

  5. 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
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
cause of death
pneumonia
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
John Alexander Simpson Jr.
Commons category
John Alexander Simpson
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