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Anton Zeilinger

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Anton Zeilinger (German: [ˈanton ˈtsaɪlɪŋɐ]; born 20 May 1945) is an Austrian quantum physicist and Nobel laureate in physics of 2022. Zeilinger is professor of physics emeritus at the University of Vienna and senior scientist at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Most of his research concerns the fundamental aspects and applications of quantum entanglement. In 2007, Zeilinger received the first Inaugural Isaac Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics, London, for "his pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the foundations of quantum physics, which have become the cornerstone for the rapidly-evolving field of quantum information". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Zeilinger is the 248th most popular physicist (down from 199th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Austria (down from 171st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Physicist. Learn more about Anton Zeilinger's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Anton Zeilinger ranks 248 out of 851. Before him are Gérard Mourou, William Shockley, David Bohm, Satyendra Nath Bose, Ivar Giaever, and Ratko Janev. After him are Kenneth G. Wilson, C. P. Snow, Jim Peebles, Benjamin Thompson, Leon M. Lederman, and John L. Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Anton Zeilinger ranks 64. Before him are Yochanan Vollach, Neil Young, José Feliciano, Richard R. Schrock, Roger Glover, and Ram Nath Kovind. After him are Christoph Schönborn, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Carmen Maura, Bryan Ferry, Piero Ferrari, and Linda Hunt.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Anton Zeilinger ranks 194 out of 1,424. Before him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610), Hans Selye (1907), Hermann Oberth (1894), Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), and Karl Seitz (1869). After him are Elizabeth of Austria (1526), Otto of Freising (1114), Baron Alexander von Bach (1813), Edward Bernays (1891), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), and Hans Asperger (1906).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Austria

Among physicists born in Austria, Anton Zeilinger ranks 8. Before him are Lise Meitner (1878), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Christian Doppler (1803), Victor Francis Hess (1883), and Victor Weisskopf (1908). After him are Walter Kohn (1923), Otto Robert Frisch (1904), Fritjof Capra (1939), Berta Karlik (1904), Marian Smoluchowski (1872), and Heinz von Foerster (1911).

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