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Antoine Benjamin Zahlan

1928-2020·288 citations

Palestinian physicist and science policy scholar who served as professor and chairman of the Physics Department at the American University of Beirut (1956–1976). He was a pioneering advocate for scientific development in the Arab world, co-founding the Royal Scientific Society in Jordan and publishing influential works on the 'brain drain' and technological sovereignty.

Works

67 works
TitleYearLanguageCitations
Temperature dependence of crystalline tetracene fluorescence196859
Two‐Photon Absorption in Crystalline Anthracene and Naphthalene Excited with a Xenon Flash196441
Science , development, and sovereignty in the Arab World2012en41
Technology transfer and change in the Arab world: The proceedings of a seminar of the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia organized by …2014en35
Radiationaless Transition Rate Constant Determination from Delayed Fluorescence196433
ESR Spectrum of the 4, 4′‐Dipyridyl Radical196231
The Arab construction industry1984en31
The Palestinian future: Education and manpower197730
Exciton diffusion in naphthalene crystals196127
The science and technology gap in the Arab-Israeli conflict197219
Singlet‐to‐Triplet Conversion in Gas‐Phase Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, and Anthracene196516
Science in the Arab Middle East197016
Established patterns of technology acquisition in the Arab World197814
Arab societies as knowledge societies200613
The Problematique of the Arab Brain Drain1980en13
The agricultural sector of Sudan. Policy and systems studies.1986en12
Apparent ESR photosignals in melanin.196610
The impact of technology change on the nineteenth-century Arab world20019
Intensity Dependence of Laser‐Induced Delayed Fluorescence19648
Proton Transfer in the Radiation Chemistry of Gaseous Ammonia19568
Science and Science Policy in the Arab World. New York, St19808
The brain drain controversy1977en8
Knowledge and development in the Arab world20007
Migratory labour in the Arab world19847
Palestine's Arab Population1974en6
The Arab Brain Drain1972en5
Evidence for the Existence of Surface Excitons in Tetracene Microcrystals19615
Phonon Effects in the uv Spectrum of Crystalline Hexamethylbenzene19675
Science and Backward Countries19675
Arab World: Year 200019755
B. & MALING, JE(1964)4
The brain drain1977en4
Scientific Communities in Egypt: Emergence and Effectiveness19974
Globalization and Science and Technology Policy19984
The‎ institutional‎ fabric‎ of‎ urban‎ development19974
Labor Productivity and Competition19943
Housing alternatives and options for conservation and renewal19972
The Technological Depth of Arab Unity19812
Sciences19742
Agricultural bibliography of Sudan, 1974-831984en2
The Arab Brain Drain: Proceedings of a Seminar Organised by the Natural Resources, Science, and Technology Division of the United Nations Economic …1981en2
Aspects of the brain drain in Algeria19812
Technical experts in developing countries19692
Technology, Institutions, Organisations Connectives and the Diversification of the Real Economy20022
The agricultural sector of Jordan1985en2
Pour un Eureka méditerranéen19922
The Cicada Song19622
Impediments to the Technological Development of the Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sector in the Arab World19782
The Maghreb, Innovation and Globalisation19982
Technology dependence in the Arab world1975en2