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Carver Mead

1934 - Today

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Carver Andress Mead (born 1 May 1934) is an American scientist and engineer. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), having taught there for over 40 years. A pioneer of modern microelectronics, Mead has made contributions to the development and design of semiconductors, digital chips, and silicon compilers, technologies which form the foundations of modern very-large-scale integration chip design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carver Mead has received more than 228,353 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carver Mead is the 822nd most popular physicist (down from 760th in 2019), the 13,162nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,600th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular American Physicist.

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  • 230k

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  • 47.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Carver Mead ranks 822 out of 851. Before him are Albert-László Barabási, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Sverker Johansson, Howard Georgi, Paul Steinhardt, and Jim Al-Khalili. After him are Mary K. Gaillard, Sabine Hossenfelder, G. N. Ramachandran, Sylvia Fedoruk, Sidney Drell, and Nathan Seiberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Carver Mead ranks 557. Before him are Oleg Golovanov, Michel Vermeulin, Eric Caldow, Rita R. Colwell, Alan Dundes, and Annette Crosbie. After him are Jerry Nelson, Peter Ashdown, John S. Bull, Bob Uecker, Jennifer Kendal, and Bryan Douglas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carver Mead ranks 13,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Faris (1982), Christopher Lawford (1955), Randall Jarrell (1914), Bethany Joy Lenz (1981), Thomas Ian Nicholas (1980), and Jason Blum (1969). After him are Gerry Ashworth (1942), Sam Esmail (1977), Shawn Pyfrom (1986), Kurtis Blow (1959), Jackie Fields (1908), and Stanley Hauerwas (1940).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Carver Mead ranks 193. Before him are Herbert Goldstein (1922), J. Richard Gott (1947), Richard A. Muller (1944), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Howard Georgi (1947), and Paul Steinhardt (1952). After him are Mary K. Gaillard (1939), Sidney Drell (1926), Paul Ginsparg (1955), Jacqueline Hewitt (1958), Charles L. Bennett (1956), and John C. Baez (1961).

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