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Laura Mersini-Houghton

1969 - Today

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Laura Mersini-Houghton (née Mersini) is an Albanian-American cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a proponent of the multiverse hypothesis and the author of a theory for the origin of the universe that holds that our universe is one of many selected by quantum gravitational dynamics of matter and energy. Predictions of her theory have been successfully tested by astrophysical data.. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Mersini-Houghton has received more than 211,220 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Mersini-Houghton is the 846th most popular physicist, the 131st most popular biography from Albania and the most popular Albanian Physicist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Laura Mersini-Houghton ranks 846 out of 851. Before her are Conny Aerts, Victoria Kaspi, Rohini Godbole, Ashoke Sen, Gabriele Hegerl, and Nergis Mavalvala. After her are Jess Wade, Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Philip Kim, and Joseph Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Laura Mersini-Houghton ranks 1,017. Before her are CeCe Peniston, Richard Carrier, Darcey Bussell, Rob Huebel, Beatrice Utondu, and Kelly Link. After her are Juergen Sommer, Nicky Wire, Kate Higgins, Masakazu Koda, Roy Lassiter, and Mikio Manaka.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Laura Mersini-Houghton ranks 131 out of 150. Before her are Odise Roshi (1991), Anjeza Shahini (1987), Armando Sadiku (1991), Ronald Gërçaliu (1986), Masiela Lusha (1985), and Myrto Uzuni (1995). After her are Erjon Tola (1986), Romela Begaj (1986), Ditmir Bushati (1977), Isli Hidi (1980), Ervin Bulku (1981), and Ergys Kaçe (1993).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Albania

Among physicists born in Albania, Laura Mersini-Houghton ranks 1. 

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