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Lawrence M. Krauss

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Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who taught at Arizona State University (ASU), Yale University, and Case Western Reserve University. He founded ASU's Origins Project in 2008 to investigate fundamental questions about the universe and served as the project's director. Krauss is an advocate for public understanding of science, public policy based on sound empirical data, scientific skepticism, and science education. An anti-theist, Krauss seeks to reduce the influence of what he regards as superstition and religious dogma in popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence M. Krauss is the 291st most popular physicist (up from 622nd in 2019), the 1,445th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,085th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Lawrence M. Krauss ranks 291 out of 851. Before him are Antoine César Becquerel, Ash Carter, Syukuro Manabe, Joseph Plateau, Charles Wheatstone, and Ernest Walton. After him are John Clauser, Anne L'Huillier, Harry Daghlian, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Zhores Alferov, and Carl von Linde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Lawrence M. Krauss ranks 45. Before him are Paolo Gentiloni, Ron Howard, Ash Carter, Johnny Logan, Matt Groening, and Halimah Yacob. After him are Vojislav Šešelj, Chris Evert, Marian Gold, Catherine O'Hara, Riccardo Patrese, and David Grossman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence M. Krauss ranks 1,445 out of 20,380. Before him are Leland H. Hartwell (1939), Walter Gilbert (1932), C. Wright Mills (1916), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Robert Rodriguez (1968), and Linda Lee Cadwell (1945). After him are John Corbett (1961), Robert Reich (1946), Hilary Putnam (1926), Bill de Blasio (1961), Patrick Wilson (1973), and Uma Thurman (1970).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Lawrence M. Krauss ranks 65. Before him are David J. Wineland (1944), John C. Mather (1946), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), David Gross (1941), William Daniel Phillips (1948), and Ash Carter (1954). After him are John Clauser (1942), Harry Daghlian (1921), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), Henry Way Kendall (1926), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), and Steven Chu (1948).

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