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Wolfgang Paul

1913 - 1993

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Wolfgang Paul (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈpaʊ̯l] ; 10 August 1913 – 7 December 1993) was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work with Hans Georg Dehmelt; the other half of the Prize in that year was awarded to Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Paul is the 217th most popular physicist (down from 190th in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 634th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Physicist.

Wolfgang Paul is most famous for his discovery of the element Hafnium.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Wolfgang Paul ranks 217 out of 851. Before him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi, David Lee, Pyotr Kapitsa, Yoichiro Nambu, Joseph Rotblat, and Steven Weinberg. After him are Robert H. Goddard, Melvin Schwartz, Roy J. Glauber, Ralph Asher Alpher, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and Michio Kaku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Wolfgang Paul ranks 34. Before him are Roger Garaudy, Kenzō Tange, Lon Nol, Carmen Amaya, Albert Ellis, and William Tolbert. After him are Trevor Howard, Jacobo Árbenz, Jimmy Hoffa, Frances Farmer, Werner Mölders, and Witold Lutosławski. Among people deceased in 1993, Wolfgang Paul ranks 20. Before him are Polykarp Kusch, Inge Lehmann, Anthony Burgess, André the Giant, Robert W. Holley, and Bobby Moore. After him are Brandon Lee, Kōbō Abe, Hans Jonas, Albert Sabin, Bill Bixby, and Lillian Gish.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Paul ranks 623 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Feodor Lynen (1911), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Till Lindemann (1963), and Maximilian von Weichs (1881). After him are Henri Nestlé (1814), Georg Wittig (1897), Elsa Einstein (1876), Franz Boas (1858), Ernst Mayr (1904), and Wolfgang Petersen (1941).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Wolfgang Paul ranks 36. Before him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Hans Geiger (1882), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Max Delbrück (1906), Karl Schwarzschild (1873), and Theodor W. Hänsch (1941). After him are Klaus Fuchs (1911), Jack Steinberger (1921), Carl von Linde (1842), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912), and Friedrich Hund (1896).

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