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Paul Davies

1946 - Today

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Paul Charles William Davies (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor in Arizona State University and director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. He is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies in Chapman University in California. He previously held academic appointments in the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide and Macquarie University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Davies has received more than 488,448 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Davies is the 505th most popular physicist (down from 483rd in 2019), the 2,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,244th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Physicist.

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  • 490k

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  • 50.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Paul Davies ranks 505 out of 717. Before him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Pyotr Lebedev, Andrei Linde, Boris Rosing, Nicola Cabibbo, and Rashid Sunyaev. After him are Leonid Mandelstam, John G. Trump, Anatole Abragam, Berta Karlik, Christian Mayer, and Ira Sprague Bowen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Paul Davies ranks 278. Before him are Jeff Wall, Zülfü Livaneli, Zhang Dejiang, Michael Green, Dick van Dijk, and George Duke. After him are Dan O'Bannon, Johnson Toribiong, John Spencer, Moritz Leuenberger, Carl Wilson, and Robert Metcalfe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Davies ranks 2,443 out of 7,765. Before him are Ronald Neame (1911), William Cowper (1731), Ceol of Wessex (600), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), James Galway (1939), and John Machin (1680). After him are Anabella Drummond (1350), Jon Finch (1942), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Tony Brise (1952), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), and Margaret Bondfield (1873).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Paul Davies ranks 61. Before him are John Canton (1718), John Leslie (1766), Ernest Marsden (1889), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), Michael Green (1946), and Michael Berry (1941). After him are Sergey Kapitsa (1928), James David Forbes (1809), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Francis Hauksbee (1660), C. P. Snow (1905), and John D. Barrow (1952).

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