PHYSICIST

Sean M. Carroll

1966 - Today

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Sean Michael Carroll (born October 5, 1966) is an American theoretical physicist and philosopher who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and philosophy of science. Formerly a research professor at the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) department of physics, he is currently an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and the Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He has been a contributor to the physics blog Cosmic Variance, and has published in scientific journals such as Nature as well as other publications, including The New York Times, Sky & Telescope and New Scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean M. Carroll has received more than 1,120,259 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Sean M. Carroll is the 834th most popular physicist (down from 766th in 2019), the 15,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,743rd in 2019) and the 200th most popular American Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sean M. Carrolls by language

Over the past year Sean M. Carroll has had the most page views in the with 141,987 views, followed by Spanish (5,196), and German (4,256). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (86.02%), Indonesian (34.86%), and Malay (6.90%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Sean M. Carroll ranks 834 out of 851. Before her are He Jiankui, Paul Ginsparg, Gian Francesco Giudice, Jacqueline Hewitt, Charles L. Bennett, and John C. Baez. After her are Nima Arkani-Hamed, Deborah S. Jin, Neil Turok, Katherine Freese, Conny Aerts, and Victoria Kaspi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sean M. Carroll ranks 677. Before her are Petra Rossner, Niall Quinn, Xuecheng, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Mirela Kumbaro, and Chris Morgan. After her are Ingeborg, Akiyoshi Yoshida, Anthony Mason, Bent Skammelsrud, Simon Beaufoy, and Paula Trickey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sean M. Carroll ranks 15,147 out of 20,380. Before her are Prince Royce (1989), Ryan Seacrest (1974), Brent Renaud (1971), Thomas Lennon (1970), Chris Morgan (1966), and Tejay van Garderen (1988). After her are Kellie Martin (1975), Chord Overstreet (1989), Sean Kingston (1990), Robert Curbeam (1962), Rachel Talalay (1958), and Alex Vincent (1981).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Sean M. Carroll ranks 200. Before her are Mary K. Gaillard (1939), Sidney Drell (1926), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Jacqueline Hewitt (1958), Charles L. Bennett (1956), and John C. Baez (1961). After her are Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972), Deborah S. Jin (1968), Victoria Kaspi (1967), Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (1993), and Joseph Weber (2000).

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