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Lee Smolin

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Lee Smolin (; born June 6, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist, a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo, and a member of the graduate faculty of the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. Smolin's 2006 book The Trouble with Physics criticized string theory as a viable scientific theory. He has made contributions to quantum gravity theory, in particular the approach known as loop quantum gravity. He advocates that the two primary approaches to quantum gravity, loop quantum gravity and string theory, can be reconciled as different aspects of the same underlying theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Smolin is the 638th most popular physicist (up from 655th in 2019), the 6,940th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,703rd in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Lee Smolin ranks 638 out of 851. Before him are Balthasar van der Pol, Yvette Cauchois, Abraham Pais, James Hansen, Gordon Gould, and Isaak Kikoin. After him are Julius Wess, Ferdinand Monoyer, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Harold Brown, Jan Burgers, and Sidney Coleman.

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Among people born in 1955, Lee Smolin ranks 286. Before him are Hippolyte Girardot, Kang Kyung-wha, Leszek Engelking, Robert Richardson, Bruno Pezzey, and Irina Khakamada. After him are Steven Culp, Petr Aven, Ringo Lam, Tom Sandberg, Philip Hammond, and Giannina Facio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Smolin ranks 6,942 out of 20,380. Before him are Gracie Abrams (1999), Geraldine Brooks (1925), Ron Ely (1938), Jacob Epstein (1880), Malcolm Browne (1931), and Nicholas Hammond (1950). After him are Morgana King (1930), Laura Bailey (1981), Al Smith (1873), Steven Culp (1955), Shane Black (1961), and Jaroslav Pelikan (1923).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Lee Smolin ranks 139. Before him are Grote Reber (1911), Brian Greene (1963), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), Norris Bradbury (1909), Leo Kadanoff (1937), Charles Kittel (1916), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Victor J. Stenger (1935), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Charles Stark Draper (1901), and William Higinbotham (1910). After him are Charles H. Bennett (1943).

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