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Leonard Adleman (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's biographical article on Leonard Adleman, an American computer scientist, co-inventor of the RSA algorithm, founder of DNA computing and 2002 Turing Award laureate. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Adleman
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Leonard Adleman (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Self-citation, publisher
    Leonard Max Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus.
  • Self-citation, url
    Leonard Max Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus.
  • Self-citation, source-type
    Leonard Max Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus.
  • Self-citation, reliability-tier
    Leonard Max Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing and coining the term computer virus.
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This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Scientists, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

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