CHEMIST

George M. Whitesides

1939 - Today

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George McClelland Whitesides (born August 3, 1939) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, microfabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George M. Whitesides has received more than 273,712 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George M. Whitesides is the 567th most popular chemist (down from 497th in 2019), the 10,310th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,712th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Chemist.

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  • 270k

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  • 43.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George M. Whitesides by language

Over the past year George M. Whitesides has had the most page views in the with 27,805 views, followed by Chinese (5,139), and German (2,267). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (37.28%), Chinese (36.60%), and French (14.67%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George M. Whitesides ranks 567 out of 602Before him are Mary Engle Pennington, K. C. Nicolaou, Barbara Askins, Henry Roscoe, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, and Jiří Drahoš. After him are Ira Remsen, Marie Maynard Daly, Edith M. Flanigen, Emma P. Carr, Rachel Fuller Brown, and Richard Zare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, George M. Whitesides ranks 540Before him are Mary Peters, Margaret Drabble, Dorothy Shirley, Vitali Davydov, Jan Szczepański, and Robert A. M. Stern. After him are Mickey Kantor, Pat Crerand, Stanley Anderson, Jorge Fons, Pam Kilborn, and Johanna Dohnal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George M. Whitesides ranks 10,310 out of 20,380Before him are Adina Porter (1971), Luther Adler (1903), Zach Roerig (1985), Robert B. Sherman (1925), Joseph Pevney (1911), and George McGinnis (1950). After him are Mark Murphy (1932), Mary Lambert (1951), Julia Alvarez (1950), Jenna Presley (1987), Keith Andrews (1920), and Todd Howard (1971).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, George M. Whitesides ranks 102Before him are Mildred Cohn (1913), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Ames (1928), Anna J. Harrison (1912), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), and Barbara Askins (1939). After him are Ira Remsen (1846), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), Emma P. Carr (1880), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), and Richard Zare (1939).