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Pierre Agostini

1941 - Today

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Pierre Agostini (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ aɡɔstini]; born 23 July 1941) is a French experimental physicist and Emeritus professor at the Ohio State University in the United States, known for his pioneering work in strong-field laser physics and attosecond science. He is especially known for the observation of above-threshold ionization and the invention of the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions (RABBITT) technique for characterization of attosecond light pulses. He was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Agostini is the 271st most popular physicist (down from 218th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Tunisian Physicist.

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Among physicists, Pierre Agostini ranks 271 out of 851. Before him are Osborne Reynolds, Anthony James Leggett, Johannes Rydberg, Jack Steinberger, Yang Chen-Ning, and David J. Wineland. After him are Gerard 't Hooft, John C. Mather, Masatoshi Koshiba, Claude-Louis Navier, Daniel Rutherford, and John Robert Schrieffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Pierre Agostini ranks 76. Before him are Pete Best, Jacques Perrin, Igor Smirnov, Martin Evans, Gheorghe Zamfir, and Chick Corea. After him are Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Gérson, Ray Tomlinson, David Gross, Princess Muna al-Hussein, and Roberto Carlos.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Pierre Agostini ranks 23 out of 210. Before him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (-100), Fouad Mebazaa (1933), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Hanno the Great (-300), Himilco (-550), and Julia of Corsica (420). After him are Gunthamund (450), Macrobius (370), Kais Saied (1958), Moncef Marzouki (1945), Avienus (305), and Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Tunisia

Among physicists born in Tunisia, Pierre Agostini ranks 1. 

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