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James Hansen

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James Edward Hansen (born March 29, 1941) is an American climatologist. He is an adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is best known for his research in climatology, his 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years, he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of global warming, on a few occasions leading to his arrest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Hansen is the 635th most popular physicist (down from 610th in 2019), the 6,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,888th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, James Hansen ranks 635 out of 851. Before him are Ole Jacob Broch, Robert R. Wilson, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Balthasar van der Pol, Yvette Cauchois, and Abraham Pais. After him are Gordon Gould, Isaak Kikoin, Lee Smolin, Julius Wess, Ferdinand Monoyer, and Carlo Alberto Castigliano.

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Among people born in 1941, James Hansen ranks 387. Before him are Natalia Bessmertnova, Václav Mašek, Doug Rogers, Jessica Walter, Anatoly Levchenko, and Joan Wallach Scott. After him are Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Erkin Koray, Vittorio Messori, Epeli Nailatikau, Sahar Khalifeh, and Zlatko Škorić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Hansen ranks 6,883 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Durant (1988), Alan Wilson (1943), William Castle (1914), Jonah Hill (1983), Jessica Harper (1949), and Frank Schlesinger (1871). After him are Jared Isaacman (1983), John Slattery (1962), Max O. Lorenz (1876), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Robert Richardson (1955), and Sandra Brown (1948).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, James Hansen ranks 132. Before him are Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Robert Mills (1927), Bryce DeWitt (1923), Victor J. Stenger (1935), Charles Kittel (1916), and Robert R. Wilson (1914). After him are Gordon Gould (1920), Lee Smolin (1955), Harold Brown (1927), Sidney Coleman (1937), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), and Joan Feynman (1927).

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