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Alfred Landé

1888 - 1976

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Alfred Landé (13 December 1888 – 30 October 1976) was a German-American physicist known for his contributions to quantum theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Landé has received more than 43,547 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alfred Landé is the 635th most popular physicist (down from 622nd in 2019), the 4,458th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,089th in 2019) and the 87th most popular German Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alfred Landé by language

Over the past year Alfred Landé has had the most page views in the with 5,193 views, followed by German (1,545), and Chinese (1,385). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (83.63%), Scots (64.40%), and Ukrainian (54.74%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Alfred Landé ranks 635 out of 851. Before him are Giovanni Giorgi, Charles Kittel, Barys Kit, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, Francis Hauksbee, and Gerard K. O'Neill. After him are Tullio Regge, Victor J. Stenger, Harriet Brooks, Gerald Guralnik, Isaak Khalatnikov, and Charles Stark Draper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Alfred Landé ranks 191. Before him are Albert Kluyver, Ronald Knox, Fritz Schäffer, Sven Landberg, Charles Winslow, and Harry Beaumont. After him are Marie Rambert, Gerhard Ritter, Henri Bosco, Vasyl Barvinsky, Kārlis Zāle, and Hans von Rosen. Among people deceased in 1976, Alfred Landé ranks 177. Before him are Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Yashpal, Marguerite Laugier, Jens Bjørneboe, Armas Taipale, and Jimmy Reed. After him are Taos Amrouche, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Stanley Baker, James Wong Howe, Henri Bosco, and Mukesh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Landé ranks 4,458 out of 7,253. Before him are Horst Stein (1928), Hans von Funck (1891), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), Helmut Recknagel (1937), Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829), and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807). After him are Helmut Dietl (1944), Martha Mödl (1912), Dankmar Adler (1844), Martin Bangemann (1934), Walter Braunfels (1882), and Walburga Habsburg Douglas (1958).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Alfred Landé ranks 87. Before him are Georg Adolf Erman (1806), Heinrich Kayser (1853), Burkhard Heim (1925), Gustav Mie (1868), Walther Müller (1905), and Walter Kaufmann (1871). After him are Ralph Kronig (1904), Hans Reissner (1874), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), Ursula Franklin (1921), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), and Gregor Wentzel (1898).

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