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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 fluorescence1968—59
Two‐Photon Absorption in Crystalline Anthracene and Naphthalene Excited with a Xenon Flash1964—41
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 Fluorescence1964—33
ESR Spectrum of the 4, 4′‐Dipyridyl Radical1962—31
The Arab construction industry1984en31
The Palestinian future: Education and manpower1977—30
Exciton diffusion in naphthalene crystals1961—27
The science and technology gap in the Arab-Israeli conflict1972—19
Singlet‐to‐Triplet Conversion in Gas‐Phase Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, and Anthracene1965—16
Science in the Arab Middle East1970—16
Established patterns of technology acquisition in the Arab World1978—14
Arab societies as knowledge societies2006—13
The Problematique of the Arab Brain Drain1980en13
The agricultural sector of Sudan. Policy and systems studies.1986en12
Apparent ESR photosignals in melanin.1966—10
The impact of technology change on the nineteenth-century Arab world2001—9
Intensity Dependence of Laser‐Induced Delayed Fluorescence1964—8
Proton Transfer in the Radiation Chemistry of Gaseous Ammonia1956—8
Science and Science Policy in the Arab World. New York, St1980—8
The brain drain controversy1977en8
Knowledge and development in the Arab world2000—7
Migratory labour in the Arab world1984—7
Palestine's Arab Population1974en6
The Arab Brain Drain1972en5
Evidence for the Existence of Surface Excitons in Tetracene Microcrystals1961—5
Phonon Effects in the uv Spectrum of Crystalline Hexamethylbenzene1967—5
Science and Backward Countries1967—5
Arab World: Year 20001975—5
B. & MALING, JE(1964)——4
The brain drain1977en4
Scientific Communities in Egypt: Emergence and Effectiveness1997—4
Globalization and Science and Technology Policy1998—4
The‎ institutional‎ fabric‎ of‎ urban‎ development1997—4
Labor Productivity and Competition1994—3
Housing alternatives and options for conservation and renewal1997—2
The Technological Depth of Arab Unity1981—2
Sciences1974—2
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 Algeria1981—2
Technical experts in developing countries1969—2
Technology, Institutions, Organisations Connectives and the Diversification of the Real Economy2002—2
The agricultural sector of Jordan1985en2
Pour un Eureka méditerranéen1992—2
The Cicada Song1962—2
Impediments to the Technological Development of the Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sector in the Arab World1978—2
The Maghreb, Innovation and Globalisation1998—2
Technology dependence in the Arab world1975en2