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Henrik Svensmark

1958 - Today

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Henrik Svensmark (born 1958) is a Danish physicist and professor in the Division of Solar System Physics at the Danish National Space Institute (DTU Space) in Copenhagen. He is known for his work on the hypothesis that fewer cosmic rays are an indirect cause of global warming via cloud formation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henrik Svensmark is the 783rd most popular physicist (down from 729th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 559th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Henrik Svensmark ranks 783 out of 851Before him are Emil Wolf, Egon Orowan, Harvey Fletcher, Frank Press, Walter Munk, and Anatoly Logunov. After him are James M. Bardeen, Rolf Landauer, Robert Detweiler, Thibault Damour, Erwin Hahn, and Abhay Ashtekar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Henrik Svensmark ranks 451Before him are Reg E. Cathey, Frank Ullrich, Derek Riggs, Bill Berry, Mick Karn, and Etienne De Wilde. After him are Gianni Alemanno, George Saunders, Bob Bradley, Lenny Von Dohlen, Mark King, and Serse Cosmi.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Henrik Svensmark ranks 629 out of 1,032Before him are Poul Ruders (1949), Niels Arden Oplev (1961), Kent Nielsen (1961), Hans-Henrik Ørsted (1954), Deepika Padukone (1986), and Poul Pedersen (1932). After him are Søren Petersen (1894), Brian Priske (1977), Pia Tafdrup (1952), Jac Nellemann (1944), Anders Peter Nielsen (1867), and Jens Galschiøt (1954).

Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark

Among physicists born in Denmark, Henrik Svensmark ranks 8Before him are Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Aage Bohr (1922), Martin Knudsen (1871), Ole Worm (1588), Ludvig Lorenz (1829), and Lene Hau (1959).