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Freeman Dyson

1923 - 2020

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Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freeman Dyson has received more than 3,060,459 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Freeman Dyson is the 302nd most popular physicist (down from 297th in 2019), the 910th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,006th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Physicist.

Freeman Dyson is a physicist and mathematician who has contributed to a number of fields, including nuclear physics, quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astrophysics, and mathematics. He is most famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics.

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  • 56

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  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Freeman Dyson ranks 302 out of 851. Before him are Qian Xuesen, Giovanni Battista Venturi, Armen Sarkissian, John Tyndall, George Smoot, and William Daniel Phillips. After him are Andre Geim, Giorgio Parisi, Jack Steinberger, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, and David Gross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Freeman Dyson ranks 56. Before him are Queen Anne of Romania, Norman Mailer, Linda Christian, Stephanie Kwolek, Horst Tappert, and Dev Anand. After him are Victoria de los Ángeles, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Merton Miller, Robert Maxwell, and Vladimir Gelfand. Among people deceased in 2020, Freeman Dyson ranks 66. Before him are Abdul Halim Khaddam, Radomir Antić, Mario J. Molina, John Saxon, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, and Pranab Mukherjee. After him are Stirling Moss, Jack Steinberger, Ulay, Amadou Toumani Touré, Clive Cussler, and Eddie Van Halen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freeman Dyson ranks 910 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Danny Boyle (1956), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Van Morrison (1945), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), and James Anderson (1680). After him are Adelard of Bath (1075), Anne Hyde (1637), Pat Hitchcock (1928), David I of Scotland (1084), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), and Stirling Moss (1929).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Freeman Dyson ranks 36. Before him are John Cockcroft (1897), Daniel Rutherford (1749), Andrew Huxley (1917), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Anthony James Leggett (1938), and Nevill Francis Mott (1905). After him are James Jeans (1877), William Whewell (1794), Joseph Swan (1828), John Stewart Bell (1928), William Sturgeon (1783), and Stephen Hales (1677).

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