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Yakir Aharonov

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Yakir Aharonov (Hebrew: יקיר אהרונוב; born August 28, 1932) is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in California since 2008. He was a distinguished professor in the Perimeter Institute between 2009-2012 and is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and at University of South Carolina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakir Aharonov has received more than 216,179 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yakir Aharonov is the 521st most popular physicist (up from 527th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Israel (down from 219th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yakir Aharonov ranks 521 out of 851. Before him are Heinrich Barkhausen, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Max Wien, Abraham Pais, Konstantin Novoselov, and George Zweig. After him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Ernest Marsden, Edoardo Amaldi, Jayant Narlikar, Ralph H. Fowler, and Nicola Cabibbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Yakir Aharonov ranks 232. Before him are Henri Namphy, Per Nørgård, Siegfried Rauch, Mika Antić, Henri Nouwen, and On Kawara. After him are Henri Schwery, Eileen Brennan, Geoff Bent, Ted Cassidy, Colville Young, and Katarina Taikon.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Yakir Aharonov ranks 240 out of 466. Before him are Emile Habibi (1922), Nir Barkat (1959), Ron Arad (1951), Gila Almagor (1939), Adi Shamir (1952), and Tom Segev (1945). After him are Itamar Ben-Gvir (1976), Judea Pearl (1936), Giora Spiegel (1947), Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (1938), Yossi Beilin (1948), and Avi Dichter (1952).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Israel

Among physicists born in Israel, Yakir Aharonov ranks 2. Before him are Yuval Ne'eman (1925). After him are David Deutsch (1953), Yoseph Imry (1939), and Nathan Seiberg (1956).

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