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Dan Shechtman

1941 - presente

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Dan Shechtman

Daniel Shechtman (Ebraico: דן שכטמן), detto Dan (Tel Aviv, 24 gennaio 1941), è un fisico israeliano naturalizzato statunitense. Egli è Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science presso il Technion (Haifa), nonché associato del laboratorio di Ames (Iowa) del Dipartimento dell'energia degli Stati Uniti. Nel 1982 scoprì la fase icosaedrale; ciò contribuì notevolmente allo sviluppo della teoria dei cristalli quasiperiodici, per la quale ha ottenuto nel 2011 il premio Nobel per la chimica. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2024). Dan Shechtman is the 320th most popular chimico (down from 126th in 2024), the 143rd most popular biography from Israel (down from 96th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Chimico.

Dan Shechtman is most famous for his discovery of a new form of crystal called quasicrystals. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for this discovery.

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Among Chimicos

Among chimicos, Dan Shechtman ranks 320 out of 602. Before him are Anselme Payen, Smithson Tennant, Aziz Sancar, Yuan T. Lee, Michael Smith, and William Henry Perkin. After him are Tapputi, Alexander Butlerov, Charles Friedel, Roger Y. Tsien, Torbern Bergman, and Théophile-Jules Pelouze.

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Anselme Payen
1795 - 1871
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 314
Smithson Tennant
1761 - 1815
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 315
Aziz Sancar
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 316
Yuan T. Lee
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 317
Michael Smith
1932 - 2000
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 318
William Henry Perkin
1838 - 1907
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 319
Dan Shechtman
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 320
Tapputi
1200 BC - 1150 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 321
Alexander Butlerov
1828 - 1886
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 322
Charles Friedel
1822 - 1899
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 323
Roger Y. Tsien
1952 - 2016
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 324
Torbern Bergman
1735 - 1784
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 325
Théophile-Jules Pelouze
1807 - 1867
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 326

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Dan Shechtman ranks 145. Before him are Senta Berger, Suzanne Mubarak, Goh Chok Tong, Barbara Brylska, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, and G. A. Cohen. After him are David Hemmings, Robert Wilson, Abdiqasim Salad, Renato Corsetti, Otto Sander, and Kyu Sakamoto.

Others Born in 1941

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Senta Berger
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 139
Suzanne Mubarak
COMPANION
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 140
Goh Chok Tong
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 141
Barbara Brylska
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 142
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
POLITICIAN
1941 - 2019
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 143
G. A. Cohen
PHILOSOPHER
1941 - 2009
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 144
Dan Shechtman
CHEMIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 145
David Hemmings
ACTOR
1941 - 2003
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 146
Robert Wilson
WRITER
1941 - 2025
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 147
Abdiqasim Salad
POLITICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 148
Renato Corsetti
LINGUIST
1941 - 2025
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 149
Otto Sander
ACTOR
1941 - 2013
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 150
Kyu Sakamoto
SINGER
1941 - 1985
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 151

In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Dan Shechtman ranks 143 out of 466. Before him are Yigael Yadin (1917), Alice of Champagne (1196), Shoghi Effendi (1897), Ghil'ad Zuckermann (1971), Al-Hafiz (1074), and A. B. Yehoshua (1936). After him are Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Israel Tal (1924), Zahir al-Umar (1689), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), and Menahem Golan (1929).

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Yigael Yadin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1917 - 1984
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 137
Alice of Champagne
COMPANION
1196 - 1246
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 138
Shoghi Effendi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1897 - 1957
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 139
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
LINGUIST
1971 - Present
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 140
Al-Hafiz
POLITICIAN
1074 - 1149
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 141
A. B. Yehoshua
WRITER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 142
Dan Shechtman
CHEMIST
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 143
Ali Hassan Salameh
POLITICIAN
1940 - 1979
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 144
Israel Tal
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 145
Zahir al-Umar
POLITICIAN
1689 - 1775
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 146
Angelus of Jerusalem
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1185 - 1225
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 147
Procopius of Scythopolis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
250 - 303
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 148
Menahem Golan
FILM DIRECTOR
1929 - 2014
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 149