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Charles Sheffield

1935 - 2002

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Charles Sheffield (25 June 1935 – 2 November 2002), was an English-born mathematician, physicist, and science-fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society. His novel The Web Between the Worlds, featuring the construction of a space elevator, was published almost simultaneously with Arthur C. Clarke's novel on the subject, The Fountains of Paradise - a coincidence that amused them both. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sheffield has received more than 123,952 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sheffield is the 771st most popular physicist, the 5,105th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 84th most popular British Physicist.

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  • 43.04

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Charles Sheffield ranks 771 out of 851. Before him are Robert Bacher, Jacques Friedel, Shirley Ann Jackson, Edward C. Stone, Stanton T. Friedman, and Erwin Hahn. After him are Daulat Singh Kothari, Hedwig Kohn, Walter Munk, Brian Cox, Jeffrey Goldstone, and James M. Bardeen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Charles Sheffield ranks 488. Before him are Irma P. Hall, Gabriel Elorde, Walter Mahlendorf, Takashi Ishimoto, Franco Trincavelli, and J. G. Farrell. After him are Barbro Martinsson, Vic Elford, Frank Schepke, Marilee Stepan, Vasil Metodiev, and Rudi Hoffmann. Among people deceased in 2002, Charles Sheffield ranks 314. Before him are Pierre Rapsat, Aglaja Veteranyi, Davey Boy Smith, W. T. Tutte, John James, and Vladimir Romashkin. After him are Ward Kimball, Ted Demme, Sam Snead, George Alec Effinger, Satish Dhawan, and Tadeusz Rut.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Sheffield ranks 5,105 out of 8,785. Before him are John Addington Symonds (1840), Sam Heughan (1980), Rod Temperton (1949), Sophie Thompson (1962), Peter Wright (1970), and Heather Mills (1968). After him are E. W. Hornung (1866), Mark Jones (1933), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), Hugh Huxley (1924), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), and Josephine Tewson (1931).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Charles Sheffield ranks 84. Before him are Julian Barbour (1937), John Aitken (1839), Alan Cottrell (1919), Bernard Lovell (1913), Gilbert Walker (1868), and Balfour Stewart (1828). After him are Brian Cox (1968), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), John Houghton (1931), Ronald Drever (1931), John Pendry (1943), and Edward Andrade (1887).

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