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Juris Upatnieks

1936 - Today

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Juris Upatnieks (born 7 May 1936 in Riga) is a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, and pioneer in the field of holography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juris Upatnieks has received more than 32,608 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Juris Upatnieks is the 714th most popular physicist (down from 690th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 154th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Physicist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

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  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Juris Upatnieks ranks 714 out of 851. Before him are Ernst Stueckelberg, Elliott H. Lieb, Albert W. Hull, Nicholas Metropolis, Bill Nye, and Michael Fisher. After him are Raymond Gosling, Tom Kibble, Brandon Carter, Lisa Randall, Arthur Wightman, and Peter Mark Roget.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Juris Upatnieks ranks 439. Before him are Lazarus Salii, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Dieter Krause, Nh. Dini, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Eduard Gufeld. After him are Ernest Shonekan, Harry Bild, Vladimir Resin, Masaru Furukawa, Antonio Mercero, and Giuliana Calandra.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Juris Upatnieks ranks 169 out of 323. Before him are Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Dainis Kūla (1959), Astrid Ivask (1926), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Andris Nelsons (1978), and Laila Freivalds (1942). After him are Gunnar Birkerts (1925), Atis Kronvalds (1837), Jānis Cimze (1814), Jānis Endzelīns (1873), Indulis Emsis (1952), and Regīna Ezera (1930).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Latvia

Among physicists born in Latvia, Juris Upatnieks ranks 2. Before him are Anatole Abragam (1914).

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