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Brandon Carter

1942 - Today

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Brandon Carter, (born 1942) is an Australian theoretical physicist who explores the properties of black holes, and was the first to name and employ the anthropic principle in its contemporary form. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brandon Carter has received more than 141,110 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Brandon Carter is the 717th most popular physicist (down from 663rd in 2019), the 4,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,915th in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Physicist.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Brandon Carter ranks 717 out of 851. Before him are Nicholas Metropolis, Bill Nye, Michael Fisher, Juris Upatnieks, Raymond Gosling, and Tom Kibble. After him are Lisa Randall, Arthur Wightman, Peter Mark Roget, Mark Oliphant, Pief Panofsky, and Roald Sagdeev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Brandon Carter ranks 544. Before him are Mike Summerbee, Martin Cruz Smith, Laila Freivalds, Catharina Lodders, Antonio Martino, and Kenneth Lay. After him are Anita Roddick, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Béla Károlyi, Robert Costanzo, and Lesley Turner Bowrey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brandon Carter ranks 4,201 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy White (1930), Raymond Gosling (1926), William Nicol (1770), Humza Yousaf (1985), George Montagu (1751), and Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855). After him are Ernest Mangnall (1866), William Dobson (1610), Ray Thomas (1941), Raymond Briggs (1934), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), and Chad of Mercia (634).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Brandon Carter ranks 76. Before him are William Astbury (1898), C. V. Boys (1855), John Hopkinson (1849), John Polkinghorne (1930), Alfred Ewing (1855), and Raymond Gosling (1926). After him are Peter Mark Roget (1779), Julian Barbour (1937), John Aitken (1839), Alan Cottrell (1919), Bernard Lovell (1913), and Gilbert Walker (1868).

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