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Emil Wolf

1922 - 2018

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Emil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018) was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering and inverse scattering. He was also the author of numerous other contributions to optics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Wolf is the 777th most popular physicist (up from 791st in 2019), the 782nd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 815th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Emil Wolf ranks 777 out of 851. Before him are Paul Corkum, Juan Martín Maldacena, Samuel King Allison, C. R. Hagen, Julian Barbour, and Miguel Alcubierre. After him are Egon Orowan, Harvey Fletcher, Frank Press, Walter Munk, Anatoly Logunov, and Henrik Svensmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Emil Wolf ranks 395. Before him are Tony Leblanc, Charles Brown, Pierre Blondiaux, Antoine Blondin, Endre Tilli, and Darren McGavin. After him are Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Rauf Hajiyev, Pauline Baynes, Nicholas Katzenbach, Beverly Pepper, and Nancy Mackay. Among people deceased in 2018, Emil Wolf ranks 484. Before him are Luisa Cuesta, Hugh Wilson, Naftali Bon, Thomas Bopp, William Smith, and László Fábián. After him are Anatoly Lein, Reg E. Cathey, Branko Grünbaum, Bud Luckey, Dick Quax, and Maurane.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Emil Wolf ranks 782 out of 1,200. Before him are Roman Šebrle (1974), Josef Augusta (1946), Jiří Pešek (1927), Antonín Slavíček (1870), Barbora Špotáková (1981), and Lea De Mae (1976). After him are David Rozehnal (1980), Miroslav Verner (1941), Antonín Sova (1864), Karel Jarolím (1956), Berthold Englisch (1851), and Josef Horešovský (1946).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Czechia

Among physicists born in Czechia, Emil Wolf ranks 5. Before him are Ernst Mach (1838), Peter Grünberg (1939), Christian Mayer (1719), and Franz Josef Gerstner (1756).

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