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Giorgio Parisi

1948 - Today

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Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densities, obtained with Guido Altarelli, known as the Altarelli–Parisi or DGLAP equations, the exact solution of the Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model of spin glasses, the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation describing dynamic scaling of growing interfaces, and the study of whirling flocks of birds. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Syukuro Manabe for groundbreaking contributions to theory of complex systems, in particular "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio Parisi is the 343rd most popular physicist (down from 304th in 2019), the 1,555th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,337th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Physicist.

Giorgio Parisi is an Italian physicist who is famous for his contributions to the study of complex systems and statistical physics. He is particularly known for his work on the theory of disordered systems, which has applications in fields ranging from condensed matter physics to computer science. Parisi is also known for his contributions to the development of the theory of phase transitions and for his work on the behavior of matter at extremely high temperatures and densities. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021 for his contributions to the study of complex physical systems.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Giorgio Parisi ranks 343 out of 851Before him are John B. Goodenough, Fritjof Capra, Robert B. Laughlin, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Bruno Pontecorvo, and Stephen Hales. After him are Joseph Swan, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Yakov Zeldovich, Walther Gerlach, John G. Trump, and Theodore Lyman IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Giorgio Parisi ranks 121Before him are Pedro López, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Carel Struycken, Don Airey, Jesper Christensen, and Billy Crystal. After him are Jonathan Hyde, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Susan Atkins, Rick Parfitt, Vincent Schiavelli, and Dan Simmons.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Parisi ranks 1,555 out of 5,161Before him are Giuseppe Crespi (1665), Philippe Buonarroti (1761), Giovanni Sforza (1466), Catherine of Ricci (1522), Antipope Honorius II (1010), and Giovanni Bottesini (1821). After him are Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1616), Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898), Antonio Tajani (1953), Pietro II Orseolo (961), Gianni Vattimo (1936), and Adaloald (602).

Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Giorgio Parisi ranks 13Before him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Ettore Majorana (1906), Carlo Rubbia (1934), Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746), Giovanni Battista Amici (1786), and Bruno Pontecorvo (1913). After him are Galileo Ferraris (1847), Federico Faggin (1941), Bruno Rossi (1905), Carlo Matteucci (1811), Gabriele Veneziano (1942), and Carlo Rovelli (1956).