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Richard A. Muller

1944 - Today

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Richard A. Muller (born January 6, 1944) is an American physicist and emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In early 2010, Muller and his daughter Elizabeth Muller founded the group Berkeley Earth, an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit aimed at addressing some of the major concerns of the climate change skeptics, in particular the global surface temperature record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard A. Muller has received more than 348,829 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard A. Muller is the 813th most popular physicist (down from 755th in 2019), the 12,710th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,753rd in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Richard A. Muller ranks 813 out of 851. Before him are William Penney, Baron Penney, Edward Andrade, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Herbert Goldstein, Carlos Frenk, and J. Richard Gott. After him are Marcia Barbosa, Albert-László Barabási, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Sverker Johansson, Howard Georgi, and Paul Steinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Richard A. Muller ranks 706. Before him are Ernest Moniz, Neil Young, Nicolas Chumachenco, Jan Brewer, Cathy Lee Crosby, and Celeste Yarnall. After him are David Gerrold, Johnny Isakson, Krystyna Kuperberg, David Hemery, Bernie Worrell, and Julia Phillips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard A. Muller ranks 12,710 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Tuberville (1954), Paul Westphal (1950), Ray LaHood (1945), Henry Schoolcraft (1793), Alex Karras (1935), and Craig Mazin (1971). After him are Gabriel Moore (1785), Simone Biles (1997), Amy Chua (1962), Charles B. Cory (1857), John Trudell (1946), and Richard Libertini (1933).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Richard A. Muller ranks 189. Before him are Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922), Stephen L. Adler (1939), Karl Taylor Compton (1887), Ernest Moniz (1944), Herbert Goldstein (1922), and J. Richard Gott (1947). After him are Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Howard Georgi (1947), Paul Steinhardt (1952), Carver Mead (1934), Mary K. Gaillard (1939), and Sidney Drell (1926).

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