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Barry Barish

1936 - Today

Barry Barish

Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Barish has received more than 228,657 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 111th most popular physicist.

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  • 230k

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  • 66.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 18.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Barry Barish ranks 110 out of 659. Before him are Owen Chamberlain, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, C. V. Raman, J. Hans D. Jensen, George Paget Thomson, and Ernest Lawrence. After him are Gustaf Dalén, François Arago, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Percy Williams Bridgman, Murray Gell-Mann, and Hippolyte Fizeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Barry Barish ranks 21. Before him are Dennis Hopper, Richard Bach, F. W. de Klerk, Glen Campbell, David Carradine, and Barack Obama Sr.. After him are John McCain, Ismail Kadare, Zubin Mehta, Wilt Chamberlain, Ursula Andress, and Michael Landon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Barish ranks 366 out of 12,171. Before him are Nicole Kidman (1967), Crazy Horse (1840), Millard Fillmore (1800), Jack Ruby (1911), Warren G. Harding (1865), and Ernest Lawrence (1901). After him are Albert Fish (1870), Mary Cassatt (1844), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Douglas Engelbart (1925), and Joe Biden (1942).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Barry Barish ranks 10. Before him are J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), John Bardeen (1908), Clinton Davisson (1881), Arthur Compton (1892), Owen Chamberlain (1920), and Ernest Lawrence (1901). After him are Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Joseph Henry (1797), and Donald A. Glaser (1926).

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