PHYSICIST

Nicholas Metropolis

1915 - 1999

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Nicholas Constantine Metropolis (Greek: Νικόλαος Μητρόπουλος; June 11, 1915 – October 17, 1999) was a Greek-American physicist. Metropolis received his BSc (1937) and PhD in physics (1941, with Robert Mulliken) at the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicholas Metropolis has received more than 183,020 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicholas Metropolis is the 710th most popular physicist (down from 628th in 2019), the 8,097th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,601st in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Nicholas Metropolis ranks 710 out of 851. Before him are Aleksandr Andronov, Vilho Väisälä, Stanley Mandelstam, Ernst Stueckelberg, Elliott H. Lieb, and Albert W. Hull. After him are Bill Nye, Michael Fisher, Juris Upatnieks, Raymond Gosling, Tom Kibble, and Brandon Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Nicholas Metropolis ranks 223. Before him are Alvin M. Weinberg, Barnard Hughes, Ewan MacColl, Lars Ahlin, David Diamond, and Jan Twardowski. After him are Tomás Fernández, Anita Louise, Norman Cousins, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Khadr El-Touni, and Carmen Herrera. Among people deceased in 1999, Nicholas Metropolis ranks 235. Before him are Dana Plato, Lloyd La Beach, Ashley Montagu, János Parti, Hank Snow, and Roberto Bussinello. After him are Umyar Mavlikhanov, Faith Domergue, Yuriy Istomin, Nathan Jacobson, Mohammad Mohammadullah, and Boris Kuznetsov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nicholas Metropolis ranks 8,097 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Hart (1943), Alphonso Taft (1810), Tracy McGrady (1979), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Abraham Flexner (1866), and Robert Rubin (1938). After him are Charles Cyphers (1939), Todd Armstrong (1937), Bill Nye (1955), Yvonne Rainer (1934), Martin Cruz Smith (1942), and Elisabeth Moore (1876).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Nicholas Metropolis ranks 154. Before him are Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Elda Emma Anderson (1899), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Elliott H. Lieb (1932), and Albert W. Hull (1880). After him are Bill Nye (1955), Lisa Randall (1962), Arthur Wightman (1922), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Harvey Fletcher (1884), and C. R. Hagen (1937).

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