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Joseph Kaplan

Who

Joseph Kaplan · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist of the upper atmosphere and airglow, a leader in geophysics research

When

1902, Tapolca, Hungary — 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA

Where

Hungary · United States

Biography

Joseph Kaplan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist of the upper atmosphere and airglow, a leader in geophysics research

How & why

Joseph Kaplan was a Hungarian-born American physicist at UCLA specializing in the physics of the upper atmosphere and airglow, and a leader in geophysics. He chaired the U.S. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58), a landmark of global Earth-science cooperation. He was Jewish, born into a Jewish family that emigrated to the United States.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

Contributions & Sources

Physicist of the upper atmosphere and airglow, a leader in geophysics research

1902

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science