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Pascual Jordan

1902 - 1980

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Ernst Pascual Jordan (German: [ˈɛʁnst pasˈku̯al ˈjɔʁdaːn]; 18 October 1902 – 31 July 1980) was a German theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He contributed much to the mathematical form of matrix mechanics, and developed canonical anticommutation relations for fermions. He introduced Jordan algebras in an effort to formalize quantum field theory; the algebras have since found numerous applications within mathematics. Jordan joined the Nazi Party in 1933, but did not follow the Deutsche Physik movement, which at the time rejected quantum physics developed by Albert Einstein and other Jewish physicists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pascual Jordan is the 355th most popular physicist (down from 295th in 2019), the 1,595th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Pascual Jordan ranks 355 out of 851. Before him are Theodore Lyman IV, Ami Argand, Auguste Bravais, Louis Poinsot, Hans Kramers, and Jean-Charles de Borda. After him are Frank Wilczek, Franz Aepinus, Nathan Rosen, E. C. George Sudarshan, William Whewell, and Heinrich Geißler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Pascual Jordan ranks 72. Before him are Léon M'ba, Anatole Litvak, Marcel Aymé, Richard Rodgers, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, and Christian de Castries. After him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Takeichi Nishi, Rafael Alberti, Maurice Duruflé, Alfredo Binda, and Markian Popov. Among people deceased in 1980, Pascual Jordan ranks 73. Before him are Walter Dornberger, Tôn Đức Thắng, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Jim Fouché, Hugh Griffith, and Mario Bava. After him are Winifred Wagner, Joy Adamson, Raoul Walsh, V. V. Giri, Elvira de Hidalgo, and Tex Avery.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Pascual Jordan ranks 1,595 out of 7,253. Before him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818), Andreas Libavius (1555), and Hans Schäfer (1927). After him are Johann Arndt (1555), Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), Kurt Franz (1914), Otto Wels (1873), Rudi Dutschke (1940), and Carl Correns (1864).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Pascual Jordan ranks 48. Before him are Friedrich Hund (1896), Rainer Weiss (1932), Christoph Scheiner (1575), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), John B. Goodenough (1922), and Walther Gerlach (1889). After him are Franz Aepinus (1724), Heinrich Geißler (1814), Wolfgang Ketterle (1957), Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824), and Friedrich Kohlrausch (1840).

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