PHYSICIST

James M. Bardeen

1939 - 2022

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James Maxwell Bardeen (May 9, 1939 – June 20, 2022) was an American physicist, well known for his work in general relativity, particularly his role in formulating the laws of black hole mechanics. He also discovered the Bardeen vacuum, an exact solution of the Einstein field equation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James M. Bardeen is the 784th most popular physicist (down from 778th in 2019), the 10,807th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,771st in 2019) and the 179th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, James M. Bardeen ranks 784 out of 851Before him are Egon Orowan, Harvey Fletcher, Frank Press, Walter Munk, Anatoly Logunov, and Henrik Svensmark. After him are Rolf Landauer, Robert Detweiler, Thibault Damour, Erwin Hahn, Abhay Ashtekar, and Jeffrey Goldstone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, James M. Bardeen ranks 557Before him are S. David Griggs, Bob Clark, Mickey Kantor, Martin Feldstein, Stanley Anderson, and Jorge Fons. After him are James Dunn, Lee Trevino, Ted Kaufman, Pavel Morozenko, Mary Peters, and Basil van Rooyen. Among people deceased in 2022, James M. Bardeen ranks 576Before him are Javier Cárdenas, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Txetxu Rojo, Lenny Von Dohlen, Keith Levene, and Jorge Fons. After him are Larry Storch, Yvan Colonna, Faouzi Mansouri, Patricia A. McKillip, António Lima Pereira, and Volodymyr Vakulenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James M. Bardeen ranks 10,809 out of 20,380Before him are Wilmer Valderrama (1980), Kathy Hilton (1959), King Curtis (1934), Thomas C. Hart (1877), Chris Klein (1979), and Conn Findlay (1930). After him are Peter Segal (1962), Dick Richards (1936), Kevin Moore (1967), Edward Brooke (1919), Jim Nabors (1930), and Keen Johnson (1896).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, James M. Bardeen ranks 179Before him are Bertrand Halperin (1941), Robert Marshak (1916), Samuel King Allison (1900), C. R. Hagen (1937), Harvey Fletcher (1884), and Frank Press (1924). After him are Robert Detweiler (1930), Erwin Hahn (1921), Edward C. Stone (1936), Conyers Herring (1914), Robert L. Forward (1932), and Herbert Goldstein (1922).