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Gordon Gould

1920 - 2005

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Richard Gordon Gould (July 17, 1920 – September 16, 2005) was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier. (Credit for the invention of the laser is disputed, since Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow were the first to publish the theory and Theodore Maiman was the first to build a working laser). Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Gould has received more than 140,788 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gordon Gould is the 582nd most popular physicist (down from 528th in 2019), the 5,750th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,582nd in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Physicist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

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  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gordon Gould ranks 582 out of 717. Before him are Burkhard Heim, Edith Clarke, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Artem Alikhanian, Frank J. Tipler, and C. P. Snow. After him are Isaak Khalatnikov, Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Ted Fujita, Bill Nye, John D. Barrow, and John Robison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gordon Gould ranks 265. Before him are Heleno de Freitas, I. A. L. Diamond, Franjo Mihalić, Henry Eriksson, Bruno Ruffo, and Richard N. Frye. After him are Georges Balandier, Ted Fujita, Frances Ames, Julian Jaynes, Alfredo II, and André Simon. Among people deceased in 2005, Gordon Gould ranks 198. Before him are Attilâ İlhan, Pierre Bachelet, Jesús Moncada, Giuliano Bonfante, Ivan Kolev, and Elisabeth Domitien. After him are Giuseppe Caprio, Natalya Meklin, Maclyn McCarty, Mario David, Otar Korkia, and Netti Witziers-Timmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gordon Gould ranks 5,750 out of 18,182. Before him are Odetta (1930), John Gray (1951), Kenny Johnson (1963), Theresa Russell (1957), Eddie Tolan (1908), and Chuck Schumer (1950). After him are Lewis Arquette (1935), Jonah Falcon (1970), Joey Kramer (1950), Bob Lazar (1959), James Jamerson (1936), and Jason Segel (1980).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Gordon Gould ranks 116. Before him are Robert Mills (1927), Bryce DeWitt (1923), James Hansen (1941), Victor J. Stenger (1935), Edith Clarke (1883), and Frank J. Tipler (1947). After him are Bill Nye (1955), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Joan Feynman (1927), Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), and Harold Agnew (1921).

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