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Miguel Alcubierre

1964 - Today

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Miguel Alcubierre Moya (born March 28, 1964) is a Mexican theoretical physicist. Alcubierre is known for the proposed Alcubierre drive, a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve faster-than-light travel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Alcubierre is the 776th most popular physicist (down from 750th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 345th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 776 out of 851Before him are Ronald Drever, Paul Corkum, Juan Martín Maldacena, Samuel King Allison, C. R. Hagen, and Julian Barbour. After him are Emil Wolf, Egon Orowan, Harvey Fletcher, Frank Press, Walter Munk, and Anatoly Logunov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 395Before him are Nick Szabo, Adam Godley, Ursula Karven, James M. Kelly, Mark Valley, and Nie Haisheng. After him are Koshi Inaba, Roberto Vittori, Luis Medina Cantalejo, Goran Prpić, Johan Bruyneel, and Osamu Taninaka.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 381 out of 729Before him are Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez (1942), Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1959), Paola Núñez (1978), Magdaleno Mercado (1944), Laura Flores (1963), and Antonio Jasso (1935). After him are Alejandra Guzmán (1968), Aracely Arámbula (1975), Javier Vargas (1941), Marlene Favela (1976), Rodolfo Choperena (1905), and Rolando Villazón (1972).

Among PHYSICISTS In Mexico

Among physicists born in Mexico, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 2Before him are Jacob Bekenstein (1947). After him are Carlos Frenk (1951).