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Theodor W. Hänsch

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Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɛnʃ] ; born 30 October 1941) is a German physicist. He received one-fourth of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique", sharing the prize with John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber. Hänsch is Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (quantum optics) and Professor of experimental physics and laser spectroscopy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor W. Hänsch is the 208th most popular physicist (up from 229th in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from Germany (up from 779th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 208 out of 851. Before her are Kip Thorne, Hugh Everett III, Klaus von Klitzing, Karl Schwarzschild, Maurice Wilkins, and Murray Gell-Mann. After her are Edward Mills Purcell, James Cronin, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, David Lee, Pyotr Kapitsa, and Yoichiro Nambu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 44. Before her are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Christopher Hogwood, Ivan Gašparovič, Jules A. Hoffmann, and Michael D. Higgins. After her are Charlie Watts, David Johnston, Bobby Moore, Dennis Ritchie, Wolfgang Petersen, and John E. Walker.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 600 out of 7,253. Before her are Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Bert Hellinger (1925), Friedrich Mohs (1773), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), and Hans Spemann (1869). After her are Ludwig Tieck (1773), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), August Weismann (1834), and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Theodor W. Hänsch ranks 35. Before her are Herbert Kroemer (1928), Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Hans Geiger (1882), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Max Delbrück (1906), and Karl Schwarzschild (1873). After her are Wolfgang Paul (1913), Klaus Fuchs (1911), Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl von Linde (1842), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912).

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