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Charles Kittel

1916 - 2019

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Charles Kittel (July 18, 1916 – May 15, 2019) was an American physicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1951 and was professor emeritus from 1978 until his death. He is known for co-introducing the Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida interaction models and for his famous undergraduate textbook Introduction to Solid State Physics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Kittel is the 623rd most popular physicist (up from 631st in 2019), the 6,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,209th in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Charles Kittel ranks 623 out of 851. Before her are David Deutsch, Heinrich Kayser, Jean Becquerel, Franco Rasetti, Abraham Alikhanov, and Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger. After her are Carl August von Steinheil, Harriet Brooks, Max Wien, Walther Müller, Georg Hermann Quincke, and Ole Jacob Broch.

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Among people born in 1916, Charles Kittel ranks 195. Before her are Pierre Emmanuel, Johnny Claes, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Irving Wallace, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, and Josef Gauchel. After her are Arnoldo Foà, Eugene McCarthy, Frederick C. Weyand, Guglielmo Gabetto, Nancye Wynne Bolton, and Einar Englund. Among people deceased in 2019, Charles Kittel ranks 303. Before her are Bogaletch Gebre, Sergio Valdés, Charles Gérard, Omero Antonutti, Norma Croker, and Alessandra Panaro. After her are Manfred Burgsmüller, Jean Guillou, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Tania Mallet, Dr. John, and Christian Bach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Kittel ranks 6,558 out of 20,380. Before her are Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Debra Messing (1968), Henry Gibson (1935), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), and Jude Ciccolella (1947). After her are Helen Levitt (1913), Jesse James (1969), George C. Homans (1910), Shonda Rhimes (1970), Colm Feore (1958), and Otis Davis (1932).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Charles Kittel ranks 130. Before her are Frank J. Tipler (1947), Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Robert Mills (1927), Bryce DeWitt (1923), and Victor J. Stenger (1935). After her are Robert R. Wilson (1914), James Hansen (1941), Gordon Gould (1920), Lee Smolin (1955), Harold Brown (1927), and Sidney Coleman (1937).

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