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J. Richard Gott

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John Richard Gott III (born February 8, 1947) is an American astrophysicist. He is professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University. He is known for his work on time travel and the Doomsday argument. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Richard Gott is the 815th most popular physicist (down from 813th in 2024), the 13,281st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,656th in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, J. Richard Gott ranks 815 out of 851. Before him are Arthur Wightman, Cumrun Vafa, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Daniel Kleppner, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Raja Ramanna. After him are Sidney Drell, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Albert-László Barabási, Sabine Hossenfelder, Ernest Moniz, and Narinder Singh Kapany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, J. Richard Gott ranks 836. Before him are Gennadiy Tsygankov, Dana Rohrabacher, Yevgeni Zimin, Stephen Hadley, Alexander Gusev, and Steve Khan. After him are Olympia Snowe, Peter Noone, Andrew Parrott, Marit Nybakk, Chris Stringer, and Jana Bellin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Richard Gott ranks 13,285 out of 20,380. Before him are James Buchli (1945), Stanley Kunitz (1905), Arthur Hohl (1889), Andrea Jaeger (1965), Patsy Kelly (1910), and D'Arcy Carden (1980). After him are Marie Windsor (1919), Rachel Corrie (1979), Dennis O'Keefe (1908), John Davis (1921), George Nelson (1950), and Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, J. Richard Gott ranks 190. Before him are Robert L. Forward (1932), Herbert Goldstein (1922), Stephen L. Adler (1939), Howard Georgi (1947), Arthur Wightman (1922), and Daniel Kleppner (1932). After him are Sidney Drell (1926), Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922), Ernest Moniz (1944), Carver Mead (1934), Richard A. Muller (1944), and John C. Baez (1961).

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