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Jim Al-Khalili

1962 - Today

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Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili (Arabic: جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist and science populariser. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in science at the University of Surrey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Al-Khalili has received more than 970,899 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jim Al-Khalili is the 820th most popular physicist (down from 763rd in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 318th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Physicist.

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  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 820 out of 851. Before him are Marcia Barbosa, Albert-László Barabási, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Sverker Johansson, Howard Georgi, and Paul Steinhardt. After him are Carver Mead, Mary K. Gaillard, Sabine Hossenfelder, G. N. Ramachandran, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Sidney Drell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 612. Before him are Viorica Ioja, Melissa Rosenberg, Wilbert Suvrijn, Galina Malchugina, Beatie Edney, and Masanao Sasaki. After him are Vincenzo Maenza, Luis López Rekarte, Per Frimann, Tracey Thorn, Vladimer Aptsiauri, and Leo Van der Elst.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 349 out of 384. Before him are Beatrice Ohanessian (1927), Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Juba (1978), Nadira (1932), and Nadhim Shaker (1958). After him are Nadhim Zahawi (1967), Ahmed Al Safi (1971), Muhsin al-Ramli (1967), Aymen Hussein (1996), Bashar Warda (1969), and Nashat Akram (1984).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Iraq

Among physicists born in Iraq, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 2. Before him are Ibn al-Haytham (965).

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