PHYSICIST

Miguel Alcubierre

1964 - Today

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Miguel Alcubierre Moya (born March 28, 1964) is a Mexican theoretical physicist. Alcubierre is known for the proposed Alcubierre drive, a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve faster-than-light travel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Alcubierre has received more than 359,955 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Alcubierre is the 749th most popular physicist (down from 685th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 294th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Physicist.

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  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 749 out of 851. Before him are William Stanley Jr., Ernst Ising, Frank Benford, Gilbert Walker, Juan Martín Maldacena, and Kees Schouhamer Immink. After him are Arthur Schuster, Grigory Landsberg, Lene Hau, Conyers Herring, Bengt Edlén, and Rolf-Dieter Heuer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 359. Before him are Lauren Vélez, Ed Boon, Lisa Franchetti, Tim Miller, Pernell Whitaker, and Chokri Belaid. After him are Herman Gref, Amit Shah, Filip De Wilde, Alexander Volkov, Ron Gilbert, and Gérald Passi.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 345 out of 729. Before him are Isidoro Díaz (1938), Ana Lilian de la Macorra (1957), Guillermo Navarro (1955), Juan de Salcedo (1549), Henry Eyring (1901), and Ignacio Calderón (1943). After him are Alfonso Zamora (1954), Gabriel Núñez (1942), Alaska (1963), Alfonso Herrera (1983), Benito Archundia (1966), and Joaquín Capilla (1928).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Mexico

Among physicists born in Mexico, Miguel Alcubierre ranks 2. Before him are Jacob Bekenstein (1947). After him are Carlos Frenk (1951).

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