# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wojciech-h-zurek
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:14:59.335Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wojciech-h-zurek"
name: "Wojciech H. Zurek"
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description: "Wojciech Hubert Zurek is a Polish and American theoretical physicist and a leading authority on quantum theory, especially decoherence and non-equilibrium dynamics of symmetry breaking and resulting defect generation."
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birthDate: "1951"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump