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BIOLOGIST

Jean-Pierre Changeux

1936 - Today

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Jean-Pierre Changeux (French: [ʃɑ̃ʒø]; born 6 April 1936) is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins (with a focus on the allosteric proteins), to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions. Although being famous in biological sciences for the MWC model, the identification and purification of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the theory of epigenesis by synapse selection are also notable scientific achievements. Changeux is known by the non-scientific public for his ideas regarding the connection between mind and physical brain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Pierre Changeux has received more than 103,143 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Changeux is the 439th most popular biologist, the 3,269th most popular biography from France and the 59th most popular French Biologist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 439 out of 841. Before him are Heinrich Kuhl, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Benedykt Dybowski, William Jackson Hooker, Alfred Grandidier, and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton. After him are Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Sewall Wright, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Jean René Constant Quoy, Leopold Fitzinger, and Jan Svatopluk Presl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 247. Before him are Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Anthony Zerbe, Frank Serpico, Tony Musante, and Masashi Watanabe. After him are Ivan Dias, Stanislav Govorukhin, Mustafa Ould Salek, Ante Žanetić, Agnieszka Osiecka, and Lino Banfi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 3,269 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges Urbain (1872), Edward Poynter (1836), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Indila (1984), James Smithson (1765), and Jean-Denis Bredin (1929). After him are Alexandre Lacazette (1991), Fréhel (1891), André Maschinot (1903), Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720), and Pierre Baillot (1771).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 59. Before him are Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Henri Ernest Baillon (1827), Alfred Grandidier (1836), and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716). After him are Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794), Pierre Magnol (1638), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Jean Victoir Audouin (1797), and Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776).

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