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David Deutsch

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David Elieser Deutsch ( DOYTCH; Hebrew: דוד דויטש; born 18 May 1953) is a British physicist at the University of Oxford, often described as the "father of quantum computing". He is a visiting professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation (CQC) in the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of Oxford. He pioneered the field of quantum computation by formulating a description for a quantum Turing machine, as well as specifying an algorithm designed to run on a quantum computer. He is a proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Deutsch is the 617th most popular physicist (down from 551st in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Israel (down from 247th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, David Deutsch ranks 617 out of 851. Before him are Prosper-René Blondlot, Aleksandr Stoletov, Alfred Landé, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Leopoldo Nobili, and Walter Kaufmann. After him are Heinrich Kayser, Jean Becquerel, Franco Rasetti, Abraham Alikhanov, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, and Charles Kittel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, David Deutsch ranks 289. Before him are Devi Shetty, Ho Ching, Patrick Doyle, Pia Zadora, Kvitka Cisyk, and Mike Espy. After him are Ditmar Jakobs, Hwang Woo-suk, Oliver Ivanović, Zoltán Magyar, Ladislav Jurkemik, and Kurt Fuller.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, David Deutsch ranks 252 out of 466. Before him are Ari Folman (1962), Yasmin Levy (1975), Avi Wigderson (1956), Benny Morris (1948), Yaakov Neeman (1939), and Nir Barkat (1959). After him are Ilanit (1947), Ayelet Zurer (1969), Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (1938), Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843), Ron Arad (1951), and Bar Refaeli (1985).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Israel

Among physicists born in Israel, David Deutsch ranks 3. Before him are Yuval Ne'eman (1925), and Yakir Aharonov (1932). After him are Yoseph Imry (1939), and Nathan Seiberg (1956).

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