PHYSICIST

Ernst Ising

1900 - 1998

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Ernst Ising (German: [ˈiːzɪŋ]; May 10, 1900 – May 11, 1998) was a German physicist, who is best remembered for the development of the Ising model. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Ising has received more than 93,929 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ernst Ising is the 744th most popular physicist (down from 683rd in 2019), the 5,236th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,454th in 2019) and the 97th most popular German Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ernst Isings by language

Over the past year Ernst Ising has had the most page views in the with 15,386 views, followed by German (1,999), and Chinese (1,145). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (59.25%), Egyptian Arabic (46.10%), and Esperanto (41.89%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernst Ising ranks 744 out of 851. Before him are Alan Cottrell, Bernard Lovell, Paul Corkum, Hubert Curien, George F. R. Ellis, and William Stanley Jr.. After him are Frank Benford, Gilbert Walker, Juan Martín Maldacena, Kees Schouhamer Immink, Miguel Alcubierre, and Arthur Schuster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Ernst Ising ranks 278. Before him are Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Edward Battell, Horatio Fitch, Arthur Norris, Lajos Keresztes, and Heinrich Hax. After him are Mark Sandrich, André Chamson, Alfredo Dinale, Eino Purje, William Haines, and Manuel Plaza. Among people deceased in 1998, Ernst Ising ranks 268. Before him are Hilla Limann, Francesc Xavier Bultó, Eleanor Garatti, Binnie Barnes, Mae Questel, and Jesús Loroño. After him are Eldridge Cleaver, Naim Talu, Justin Fashanu, Louis Chaillot, Alberto Calderón, and Tadeusz Ślusarski.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Ising ranks 5,236 out of 7,253. Before him are Volker Zotz (1956), Isabell Werth (1969), Walter Lassally (1926), Jürgen Hennig (1951), Jens Jeremies (1974), and Leo Wilden (1936). After him are Dennis Gansel (1973), Hugo Strauß (1907), Sylvia Hanika (1959), Grethe Weiser (1903), Rainer Troppa (1958), and Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Ernst Ising ranks 97. Before him are Ursula Franklin (1921), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Gregor Wentzel (1898), Pief Panofsky (1919), Rudolf Haag (1922), and Walter Gordon (1893). After him are Arthur Schuster (1851), Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948), Rolf Landauer (1927), Jürgen Kurths (1953), Hedwig Kohn (1887), and Werner Israel (1931).

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