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PHYSICIST

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. Upatnieks fled the Latvia with his parents at the close of World War II, seeking asylum in Germany. In 1951 the family emigrated to the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juris Upatnieks has received more than 30,077 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Juris Upatnieks is the 690th most popular physicist, the 154th most popular biography from Latvia and the 2nd most popular Latvian Physicist.

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  • 43.78

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Juris Upatnieks ranks 690 out of 717Before him are Charles H. Bennett, Miguel Alcubierre, E. C. George Sudarshan, John Clauser, Gregor Wentzel, and Alexei Starobinsky. After him are Grigory Landsberg, Charles W. Misner, Harriet Brooks, Peter Zoller, Stanton T. Friedman, and Harvey Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Juris Upatnieks ranks 426Before him are James Stacy, Ismail Merchant, Ihor Turchyn, Tamás Mendelényi, Jerónimo Saavedra, and Michel Rousseau. After him are Eleonore Schwarz, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Hannu Salama, Paulo Emilio, German Apukhtin, and Gerald Scarfe.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Juris Upatnieks ranks 154 out of 284Before him are Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andris Nelsons (1978), Piotr Ugrumov (1961), Maigonis Valdmanis (1933), Gunnar Birkerts (1925), and Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947). After him are Alexei Kudrin (1960), Rutanya Alda (1942), Bruno Habārovs (1939), Alexei Shirov (1972), Dainis Kūla (1959), and Vladimirs Petrovs (1907).

Among PHYSICISTS In Latvia

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