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Gabriele Veneziano

1942 - Today

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Gabriele Veneziano ( VEN-it-see-AH-noh; Italian: [ɡabriˈɛːle venetˈtsjaːno]; born 7 September 1942) is an Italian theoretical physicist widely considered the father of string theory. He has conducted most of his scientific activities at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and held the Chair of Elementary Particles, Gravitation and Cosmology at the Collège de France in Paris from 2004 to 2013, until the age of retirement there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriele Veneziano is the 467th most popular physicist (down from 445th in 2019), the 2,486th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,367th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 467 out of 851. Before him are Clarence Zener, Jürgen Ehlers, Carlo Matteucci, Walter Heitler, Berta Karlik, and Rashid Sunyaev. After him are Sameera Moussa, Mildred Dresselhaus, John Canton, John Houghton, Wilhelm Hisinger, and Emil Wiechert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 243. Before him are Petar Nadoveza, Karen Hantze Susman, Curtis Mayfield, Hayedeh, Richard Roundtree, and Robert Weinberg. After him are Jorge Ben, Rinus Israël, Richard Bohringer, Brian Kernighan, Lima, and Norman Lamont.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 2,486 out of 5,161. Before him are Charondas (-600), Luigi Sturzo (1871), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Giovanni di Paolo (1403), Giuseppe Moioli (1927), and William II, Duke of Athens (1312). After him are Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839), John Gualbert (995), Enrico Betti (1823), Osvaldo Cavandoli (1920), Rainier II, Lord of Monaco (1325), and Simonetta Stefanelli (1954).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Gabriele Veneziano ranks 18. Before him are Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), Giorgio Parisi (1948), Galileo Ferraris (1847), Federico Faggin (1941), Bruno Rossi (1905), and Carlo Matteucci (1811). After him are Carlo Rovelli (1956), Macedonio Melloni (1798), Augusto Righi (1850), Giovanni Aldini (1762), Nicola Cabibbo (1935), and Edoardo Amaldi (1908).

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