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Neil Turok

1958 - Today

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Neil Geoffrey Turok (born 16 November 1958) is a South African physicist. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh since 2020, and has been director emeritus of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics since 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Turok has received more than 251,916 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Neil Turok is the 838th most popular physicist, the 304th most popular biography from South Africa and the 4th most popular South African Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Neil Turok ranks 838 out of 851. Before him are Jacqueline Hewitt, Charles L. Bennett, John C. Baez, Sean M. Carroll, Nima Arkani-Hamed, and Deborah S. Jin. After him are Katherine Freese, Conny Aerts, Victoria Kaspi, Rohini Godbole, Ashoke Sen, and Gabriele Hegerl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Neil Turok ranks 737. Before him are Kevin Hooks, Bill Haslam, Paul Whitehouse, Tommy Byrne, Kenny Sansom, and Ellen Fiedler. After him are Mark Overmars, Vasil Yakusha, Gordon Cowans, Kiki VanDeWeghe, Tanya Tucker, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Neil Turok ranks 304 out of 454. Before him are Jonathan Liebesman (1976), Eben Etzebeth (1991), Eudy Simelane (1977), Kelsey-Lee Barber (1991), Ernie Els (1969), and Zozibini Tunzi (1993). After him are Hector Pieterson (1963), Frantz Kruger (1975), Hestrie Cloete (1978), Elana Meyer (1966), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1982), and Cheslin Kolbe (1993).

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Among PHYSICISTS In South Africa

Among physicists born in South Africa, Neil Turok ranks 4. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), and George F. R. Ellis (1939).

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