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Tom Kibble

1932 - 2016

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Sir Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble (; 23 December 1932 – 2 June 2016) was a British theoretical physicist, senior research investigator at the Blackett Laboratory and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. His research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. From the 1950s he was concerned about the nuclear arms race and from 1970 took leading roles in promoting the social responsibility of the scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Kibble is the 401st most popular physicist (up from 716th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from India (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Tom Kibble ranks 401 out of 851. Before him are Stefan Hell, Jean-Antoine Nollet, John Kerr, Arpad Elo, George Uhlenbeck, and Takaaki Kajita. After him are Paul Drude, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Samuel Goudsmit, Yoshio Nishina, Otto Schmidt, and Jacob Bekenstein.

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Among people born in 1932, Tom Kibble ranks 138. Before him are Margarita Xhepa, Félix Malloum, Dhirubhai Ambani, Branko Lustig, Nancy Kassebaum, and Paul Virilio. After him are Guillermo Mordillo, Marisa Pavan, Dino Sani, Zózimo, Momoko Kōchi, and Christy Brown. Among people deceased in 2016, Tom Kibble ranks 135. Before him are António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Alexandre Astruc, André Courrèges, Rudolf E. Kálmán, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Nimr al-Nimr. After him are Henry Heimlich, Bob Bennett, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Laura Mancinelli, Goran Hadžić, and Tony Burton.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tom Kibble ranks 276 out of 1,861. Before him are Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Abbé Faria (1756), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Lara Dutta (1978), and Dean Mahomed (1759). After him are Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Shahu I (1682), Vandana Shiva (1952), R. D. Burman (1939), Birsa Munda (1875), and Suniel Shetty (1961).

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Among PHYSICISTS In India

Among physicists born in India, Tom Kibble ranks 5. Before him are C. V. Raman (1888), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), and Anna Mani (1918). After him are Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Jayant Narlikar (1938), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893), Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), and Daulat Singh Kothari (1906).

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