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Neil Turok

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Neil Geoffrey Turok (born 16 November 1958) is a South African physicist. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh since 2020, and has been director emeritus of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics since 2019. He specializes in mathematical physics and early-universe physics, including the cosmological constant and a cyclic model for the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Neil Turok is the 840th most popular physicist (down from 838th in 2024), the 296th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 300th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Neil Turok ranks 840 out of 851. Before him are Yash Pal, Deborah S. Jin, Paul Ginsparg, Carlos Frenk, Charles L. Bennett, and Nima Arkani-Hamed. After him are Jim Al-Khalili, Katherine Freese, Giorgi Dvali, Sean M. Carroll, Robin Canup, and Ashoke Sen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Neil Turok ranks 739. Before him are Yvonne Ridley, Doris Kareva, Maria Cantwell, Mohamed Kaci-Saïd, Steven Smith, and Joseph Finder. After him are Gordon Cowans, Cyrille Regis, Letitia James, Kevin Hooks, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Josh Pais.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Neil Turok ranks 296 out of 454. Before him are Patricia de Lille (1951), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Zola Budd (1966), Matthew Booth (1977), Anele Ngcongca (1987), and Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (1995). After him are Péter Nagy (null), Cliff Simon (1962), Jeff Coetzee (1977), Chanelle Scheepers (1984), Eudy Simelane (1977), and Nick Price (1957).

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Among PHYSICISTS In South Africa

Among physicists born in South Africa, Neil Turok ranks 4. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), George F. R. Ellis (1939), and Stanley Mandelstam (1928). After him are Michele Dougherty (1962).

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