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Charles W. Misner

1932 - 2023

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Charles W. Misner (; June 13, 1932 – July 24, 2023) was an American physicist and one of the authors of Gravitation. His specialties included general relativity and cosmology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles W. Misner has received more than 105,036 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles W. Misner is the 692nd most popular physicist, the 8,530th most popular biography from United States and the 148th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Charles W. Misner ranks 692 out of 717Before him are E. C. George Sudarshan, John Clauser, Gregor Wentzel, Alexei Starobinsky, Juris Upatnieks, and Grigory Landsberg. After him are Harriet Brooks, Peter Zoller, Stanton T. Friedman, Harvey Fletcher, Isaak Kikoin, and Cumrun Vafa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Charles W. Misner ranks 393Before him are Fazu Aliyeva, William Christopher, Mark Murphy, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Max Streibl, and Pál Gábor. After him are István Kausz, Enrique Múgica, Peggy Ann Garner, Khalil Taha, Vasily Belov, and Gaetano Starrabba. Among people deceased in 2023, Charles W. Misner ranks 324Before him are Friedel Lutz, Simone Segouin, Alexei Starobinsky, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Superstar Billy Graham, and Jaak Lipso. After him are Telesphore Toppo, Karol J. Bobko, Nikica Valentić, Cindy Williams, Gérard Collomb, and Margaret Archer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles W. Misner ranks 8,530 out of 18,182Before him are Alexi Lalas (1970), Mr. Marcus (1970), Mitzi Gaynor (1931), Karl Rove (1950), Michael Harney (1956), and Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980). After him are Alvah Meyer (1888), Milt Kahl (1909), Jamie Dimon (1956), Frankie Manning (1914), Patrick Warburton (1964), and Brad Falchuk (1971).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Charles W. Misner ranks 148Before him are Gerald Guralnik (1936), Clyde Cowan (1919), Frank Benford (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), Charles H. Bennett (1943), and John Clauser (1942). After him are Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Harvey Fletcher (1884), Seymour Benzer (1921), Karl Taylor Compton (1887), Robert Bacher (1905), and Edward C. Stone (1936).