Físico

Tom Kibble

1932 - 2016

Tom Kibble

Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble (23 de diciembre de 1932-2 de junio de 2016), fue un científico británico, investigador senior en The Blackett Laboratory, en el Imperial College London, y perteneció a la Royal Society. Sus principales investigaciones han sido en Teoría cuántica de campos, especialmente la relación entre la Física de partículas de alta energía y la cosmología. Ha trabajado en los mecanismos de rupturas de simetría, los cambios de estados y defectos topológicos que se pueden formar. Su artículo seminal sobre cuerdas cósmicas introdujo el fenómeno en la cosmología moderna. Leer más en Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Tom Kibble is the 401st most popular físico (up from 716th in 2024), the 276th most popular biography from India (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Físico.

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Among Físicos

Among físicos, Tom Kibble ranks 401 out of 851. Before him are Stefan Hell, Jean-Antoine Nollet, John Kerr, Arpad Elo, George Uhlenbeck, and Takaaki Kajita. After him are Paul Drude, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Samuel Goudsmit, Yoshio Nishina, Otto Schmidt, and Jacob Bekenstein.

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Stefan Hell
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 395
Jean-Antoine Nollet
1700 - 1770
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 396
John Kerr
1824 - 1907
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 397
Arpad Elo
1903 - 1992
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 398
George Uhlenbeck
1900 - 1988
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 399
Takaaki Kajita
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 400
Tom Kibble
1932 - 2016
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 401
Paul Drude
1863 - 1906
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 402
Friedrich Ernst Dorn
1848 - 1916
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 403
Samuel Goudsmit
1902 - 1978
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 404
Yoshio Nishina
1890 - 1951
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 405
Otto Schmidt
1891 - 1956
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 406
Jacob Bekenstein
1947 - 2015
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 407

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Tom Kibble ranks 138. Before him are Margarita Xhepa, Félix Malloum, Dhirubhai Ambani, Branko Lustig, Nancy Kassebaum, and Paul Virilio. After him are Guillermo Mordillo, Marisa Pavan, Dino Sani, Zózimo, Momoko Kōchi, and Christy Brown. Among people deceased in 2016, Tom Kibble ranks 135. Before him are António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Alexandre Astruc, André Courrèges, Rudolf E. Kálmán, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Nimr al-Nimr. After him are Henry Heimlich, Bob Bennett, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Laura Mancinelli, Goran Hadžić, and Tony Burton.

Others Born in 1932

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Margarita Xhepa
ACTOR
1932 - 2025
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 132
Félix Malloum
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2009
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 133
Dhirubhai Ambani
BUSINESSPERSON
1932 - 2002
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 134
Branko Lustig
PRODUCER
1932 - 2019
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 135
Nancy Kassebaum
POLITICIAN
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 136
Paul Virilio
PHILOSOPHER
1932 - 2018
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 137
Tom Kibble
PHYSICIST
1932 - 2016
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 138
Guillermo Mordillo
COMIC ARTIST
1932 - 2019
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 139
Marisa Pavan
ACTOR
1932 - 2023
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 140
Dino Sani
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 141
Zózimo
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 1977
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 142
Momoko Kōchi
ACTOR
1932 - 1998
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 143
Christy Brown
WRITER
1932 - 1981
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 144

Others Deceased in 2016

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António Mascarenhas Monteiro
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2016
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 129
Alexandre Astruc
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2016
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 130
André Courrèges
ENGINEER
1923 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 131
Rudolf E. Kálmán
MATHEMATICIAN
1930 - 2016
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 132
Einojuhani Rautavaara
COMPOSER
1928 - 2016
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 133
Nimr al-Nimr
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1959 - 2016
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 134
Tom Kibble
PHYSICIST
1932 - 2016
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 135
Henry Heimlich
PHYSICIAN
1920 - 2016
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 136
Bob Bennett
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2016
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 137
Gregorio Conrado Álvarez
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2016
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 138
Laura Mancinelli
WRITER
1933 - 2016
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 139
Goran Hadžić
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2016
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 140
Tony Burton
ACTOR
1937 - 2016
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 141