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Joseph Polchinski

1954 - 2018

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Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr. (; May 16, 1954 – February 2, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Polchinski is the 715th most popular physicist (up from 732nd in 2019), the 8,658th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,722nd in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Joseph Polchinski ranks 715 out of 851. Before him are Andreas von Ettingshausen, Jürgen Kurths, Antonius van den Broek, Franz Josef Gerstner, Harold Agnew, and Leonard Mlodinow. After him are Charlotte Froese Fischer, Bruno Zumino, Elliott H. Lieb, Alexei Starobinsky, Stuart Hameroff, and Raymond Gosling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Joseph Polchinski ranks 409. Before him are Patrick St. Esprit, Cliff Martinez, Arliss Howard, Slaviša Žungul, Leonard Mlodinow, and Brother Alois. After him are David Paymer, Oleg Romantsev, V. K. Sasikala, Robert Menasse, Eva Mattes, and Luc-Adolphe Tiao. Among people deceased in 2018, Joseph Polchinski ranks 401. Before him are Mel Ramos, Jimmy Armfield, Henri Dirickx, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Hans Aabech, and István Hevesi. After him are Bill Daily, Charlotte Rae, Didier Lockwood, Jo Jo White, Pik Botha, and Kurt Helmudt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Polchinski ranks 8,660 out of 20,380. Before him are Joanna Moore (1934), Shawn Weatherly (1959), Damon Wayans Jr. (1982), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Archie Mayo (1891), and Nikki Haley (1972). After him are William Livingston (1723), Willard Metcalf (1858), James Best (1926), Dick Durbin (1944), Lewis Stone (1879), and Charlotte Rae (1926).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Joseph Polchinski ranks 156. Before him are John C. Slater (1900), Frederick Seitz (1911), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), William D. Coolidge (1873), Harold Agnew (1921), and Leonard Mlodinow (1954). After him are Elliott H. Lieb (1932), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Bill Nye (1955), Charles Stark Draper (1901), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), and Gerald Guralnik (1936).

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