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Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov

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Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (Russian: И́горь Дми́триевич Но́виков; born November 10, 1935) is a Russian (and former Soviet) theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist. Novikov put forward the idea of white holes in 1964. He also formulated the Novikov self-consistency principle in the mid-1980s, a contribution to the theory of time travel. Novikov moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he worked and taught at the Niels Bohr Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov is the 378th most popular astronomer (down from 353rd in 2019), the 1,347th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,458th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov ranks 378 out of 644. Before him are Kidinnu, David C. Jewitt, Shi Shen, Robert Herman, Dirk Brouwer, and Alenush Terian. After him are Tadeáš Hájek, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Tsutomu Seki, Peter van de Kamp, Brian Schmidt, and David H. Levy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov ranks 252. Before him are Noriko Ohara, David Ruelle, Jaromil Jireš, Ivan Dimitrov, Shyama, and Sergio Rossi. After him are Alain Barrière, Ryhor Baradulin, Joan Harrison, Sergei Yursky, José Ramos Delgado, and Imre Makovecz.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov ranks 1,347 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Potanin (1961), Simon Vratsian (1882), Bernd Kannenberg (1942), Daniil Granin (1919), Nikolay Beketov (1827), and Albert Shesternyov (1941). After him are Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842), Ilya Glazunov (1930), Oleg Vidov (1943), Karl Vaino (1923), Pavel Lednyov (1943), and Andrey Lukanov (1938).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Russia

Among astronomers born in Russia, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov ranks 8. Before him are Lyudmila Chernykh (1935), Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Hermann von Struve (1854), Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), and Benjamin Jekhowsky (1881). After him are Vera Gaze (1899), Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908), Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), Pelageya Shajn (1894), and Matvey Gusev (1826).

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