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Giorgio Parisi

1948 - Today

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Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densities, obtained with Guido Altarelli, known as the Altarelli–Parisi or DGLAP equations, the exact solution of the Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model of spin glasses, the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation describing dynamic scaling of growing interfaces, and the study of whirling flocks of birds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giorgio Parisi has received more than 1,537,630 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Giorgio Parisi is the 303rd most popular physicist (down from 187th in 2019), the 1,337th most popular biography from Italy (down from 888th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Physicist.

Giorgio Parisi is an Italian physicist who is famous for his contributions to the study of complex systems and statistical physics. He is particularly known for his work on the theory of disordered systems, which has applications in fields ranging from condensed matter physics to computer science. Parisi is also known for his contributions to the development of the theory of phase transitions and for his work on the behavior of matter at extremely high temperatures and densities. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2021 for his contributions to the study of complex physical systems.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Giorgio Parisi ranks 303 out of 851. Before him are Armen Sarkissian, John Tyndall, George Smoot, William Daniel Phillips, Freeman Dyson, and Andre Geim. After him are Jack Steinberger, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, David Gross, Ratko Janev, and Paul-Jacques Curie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Giorgio Parisi ranks 82. Before him are Ray Kurzweil, René Arnoux, Dan Simmons, Hartmut Michel, William Daniel Phillips, and Beppe Grillo. After him are Siim Kallas, Ruud Geels, Pedro López, Mahesh Bhatt, Amadou Toumani Touré, and Michel Suleiman.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Parisi ranks 1,337 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Verga (1840), Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Beppe Grillo (1948), Enrico Berlinguer (1922), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), and Joe D'Amato (1936). After him are Elsa Martinelli (1935), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Paula of Rome (347), Fede Galizia (1578), Piero Ferrari (1945), and Lucifer of Cagliari (201).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Italy

Among physicists born in Italy, Giorgio Parisi ranks 11. Before him are Laura Bassi (1711), Emilio Segrè (1905), Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Carlo Rubbia (1934), Ettore Majorana (1906), and Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746). After him are Bruno Pontecorvo (1913), Galileo Ferraris (1847), Carlo Matteucci (1811), Fabiola Gianotti (1960), Federico Faggin (1941), and Bruno Rossi (1905).

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