PHYSICIST

Derek J. de Solla Price

1922 - 1983

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Derek John de Solla Price (22 January 1922 – 3 September 1983) was a British physicist, historian of science, and information scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek J. de Solla Price has received more than 447,875 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Derek J. de Solla Price is the 734th most popular physicist (down from 712th in 2019).

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  • 450k

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  • 45.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Derek J. de Solla Price ranks 734 out of 851. Before him are Henrik Svensmark, Julian Barbour, C. R. Hagen, Joseph Polchinski, Walter Gordon, and Raja Ramanna. After him are Seymour Benzer, John Aitken, Gersh Budker, Alan Cottrell, Bernard Lovell, and Paul Corkum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Derek J. de Solla Price ranks 365. Before him are Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Jim Pollard, Milton H. Greene, Don Patinkin, Ray Anthony, and Nino Bibbia. After him are Pauline Baynes, Rauf Hajiyev, Fritz Riess, José Hierro, Les Baxter, and Regina Resnik. Among people deceased in 1983, Derek J. de Solla Price ranks 226. Before him are Vince Gallagher, Alexia Bryn, Gregorio Blasco, Lutz Eigendorf, Tomás Ojeda, and Betty Nuthall. After him are Nils Engdahl, Aleksandr Alov, Walter Slezak, Miron Białoszewski, Slim Pickens, and Joseph Ruttenberg.

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