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Carlos Frenk

1951 - Today

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Carlos Silvestre Frenk (born 27 October 1951) is a Mexican-British cosmologist. Frenk graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Cambridge and spent his early research career in the United States, before settling permanently in the United Kingdom. He joined the Durham University Department of Physics in 1986 and since 2001 has served as the Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Frenk has received more than 92,493 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Frenk is the 812th most popular physicist, the 464th most popular biography from Mexico and the 3rd most popular Mexican Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carlos Frenk ranks 812 out of 851. Before him are Karl Taylor Compton, Ernest Moniz, William Penney, Baron Penney, Edward Andrade, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, and Herbert Goldstein. After him are J. Richard Gott, Richard A. Muller, Marcia Barbosa, Albert-László Barabási, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, and Sverker Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Carlos Frenk ranks 643. Before him are Bobby Jones, Nikolay Merkushkin, Antonio de la Torre, Jay Benedict, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, and Simon Dickie. After him are Nigel Havers, Jean-Pierre Bel, Irving Finkel, Rodger Bumpass, Mike Bantom, and Chris Frantz.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Frenk ranks 464 out of 729. Before him are Christian Chávez (1983), Guillermo Ortiz (1939), Raúl Alcalá (1964), Jonathan dos Santos (1990), Natalia Lafourcade (1984), and Antonio de la Torre (1951). After him are Ignacio Ambríz (1965), Carlos Salcido (1980), Cristóbal Ortega (1956), Alberto Del Rio (1977), Danna Paola (1995), and Alejandra Barros (1970).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Mexico

Among physicists born in Mexico, Carlos Frenk ranks 3. Before him are Jacob Bekenstein (1947), and Miguel Alcubierre (1964).

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