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Herbert Goldstein

1922 - 2005

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Herbert Goldstein (June 26, 1922 – January 12, 2005) was an American physicist and the author of the standard graduate textbook Classical Mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Goldstein has received more than 83,749 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Goldstein is the 754th most popular physicist (down from 683rd in 2019), the 11,706th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,266th in 2019) and the 170th most popular American Physicist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Herbert Goldstein ranks 754 out of 717. Before him are Brian Cox, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Norris Bradbury, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Nima Arkani-Hamed, and Yash Pal. After him are Richard A. Muller, Howard Georgi, Ernest Moniz, John C. Baez, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Carver Mead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Herbert Goldstein ranks 390. Before him are Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Eugenie Clark, Audrey Meadows, Jean Porter, Herb McKenley, and Kathleen Booth. After him are Bill Macy, Joan Caulfield, Bert I. Gordon, Gil Merrick, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Among people deceased in 2005, Herbert Goldstein ranks 318. Before him are Michael Park, Humphrey Carpenter, August Wilson, Renzo Nostini, June Haver, and Adrian Biddle. After him are Wayne C. Booth, David Di Tommaso, Bill McGarry, Art Cross, Ronnie Barker, and Kâzım Koyuncu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbert Goldstein ranks 11,706 out of 18,182. Before him are Tim Schafer (1967), Greg K. (1965), Chris Dodd (1944), Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867), Emma Willard (1787), and Edmund Lowe (1890). After him are Blake Griffin (1989), Ron Freeman (1947), Nate Diaz (1985), Auliʻi Cravalho (2000), Patrick Volkerding (1966), and Hank Williams Jr. (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Herbert Goldstein ranks 170. Before him are Bertrand Halperin (1941), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Mary K. Gaillard (1939), Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922), Norris Bradbury (1909), and Nima Arkani-Hamed (1972). After him are Richard A. Muller (1944), Howard Georgi (1947), Ernest Moniz (1944), John C. Baez (1961), Carver Mead (1934), and Paul Ginsparg (1955).

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