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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, author and broadcaster. 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 915,531 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jim Al-Khalili is the 763rd most popular physicist (down from 711th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 288th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Physicist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

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  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 763 out of 717Before him are Ernest Moniz, John C. Baez, Sylvia Fedoruk, Carver Mead, William Penney, Baron Penney, and Edward Andrade. After him are Nathan Seiberg, Paul Ginsparg, Sean M. Carroll, He Jiankui, Deborah S. Jin, and Gian Francesco Giudice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 593Before him are Ralf Schumann, Hitoshi Nakata, Kevin Eastman, Ingo Schulze, Andrew Hampsten, and Hannes Holm. After him are Florica Lavric, Trinidad Jiménez, Galina Malchugina, Ahn Byeong-keun, Sergey Rodionov, and Kevin Lima.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Jim Al-Khalili ranks 320 out of 338Before him are Muntadhar al-Zaidi (1979), Muhsin al-Ramli (1967), Ali Adnan Kadhim (1993), Bashar Warda (1969), Nadhim Shaker (1958), and Nadira (1932). After him are Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981), Ahmed Al Safi (1971), Nashat Akram (1984), Bassim Abbas (1982), Noor Sabri (1984), and Ahmed Yasin Ghani (1991).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Iraq

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

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