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Paul Corkum

1943 - Today

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Paul Bruce Corkum (born October 30, 1943) is a Canadian physicist specializing in attosecond physics and laser science. He holds a joint University of Ottawa–NRC chair in attosecond photonics. He also holds academic positions at Texas A&M University and the University of New Mexico. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Corkum has received more than 58,005 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Corkum is the 740th most popular physicist, the 490th most popular biography from Canada and the 9th most popular Canadian Physicist.

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  • 58k

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  • 45.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Paul Corkum ranks 740 out of 851. Before him are Derek J. de Solla Price, Seymour Benzer, John Aitken, Gersh Budker, Alan Cottrell, and Bernard Lovell. After him are Hubert Curien, George F. R. Ellis, William Stanley Jr., Ernst Ising, Frank Benford, and Gilbert Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Paul Corkum ranks 577. Before him are Mariann Fischer Boel, Stephen Greenblatt, Silvia Cartwright, Tommy Gemmell, Ben Cardin, and Jonathan Lynn. After him are Vern Schuppan, Sumitra Mahajan, Roger Kolo, James Herbert, Kiril Dojčinovski, and Dieter Kottysch.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Corkum ranks 490 out of 1,622. Before him are Kathleen Robertson (1973), Mary Frizzell (1913), Mia Kirshner (1975), John Emery (1932), Marie Prevost (1896), and Ivan Koloff (1942). After him are Tyler Mane (1966), Michael Hogan (1949), Justin Chatwin (1982), William Hope (1955), Edison Chen (1980), and Ian Millar (1947).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Canada

Among physicists born in Canada, Paul Corkum ranks 9. Before him are Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Jim Peebles (1935), Donna Strickland (1959), Louis Slotin (1910), Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), and Harriet Brooks (1876). After him are Sylvia Fedoruk (1927).

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