PHYSICIST

Gunnar Nordström

1881 - 1923

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Gunnar Nordström (12 March 1881 – 24 December 1923) was a Finnish theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Nordström is the 549th most popular physicist (up from 573rd in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Finland (up from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gunnar Nordström ranks 549 out of 851Before him are Gerard K. O'Neill, Pief Panofsky, Grote Reber, Gilbert Walker, John Robison, and Ludvig Faddeev. After him are Woldemar Voigt, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Gene Amdahl, Robert H. Dicke, Philip Morrison, and Richard Mollier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Gunnar Nordström ranks 130Before him are Matrona Nikonova, Zoltán Halmay, Daniel Jones, Max Weber, Heinrich Burger, and Edgar Leonard. After him are Vilhelm Buhl, Dimitrana Ivanova, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Rudolf Ramek, Móric Esterházy, and Henri Laurent. Among people deceased in 1923, Gunnar Nordström ranks 76Before him are Princess Marie of Battenberg, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Katō Tomosaburō, Alexander Lodygin, Józef Bilczewski, and Krišjānis Barons. After him are Takeo Arishima, Kuroki Tamemoto, Jacoba van Heemskerck, Kadambini Ganguly, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, and Vatslav Vorovsky.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Gunnar Nordström ranks 169 out of 751Before him are Ville Valo (1976), Juha Mieto (1949), Marita Lindahl (1938), Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882), Leevi Madetoja (1887), and Marcus Grönholm (1968). After him are Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), Paavo Talvela (1897), Tuomas Holopainen (1976), Siri von Essen (1850), Magnus Enckell (1870), and JJ Lehto (1966).

Among PHYSICISTS In Finland

Among physicists born in Finland, Gunnar Nordström ranks 1After him are Vilho Väisälä (1889).