MATHEMATICIAN

James Lighthill

1924 - 1998

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Sir Michael James Lighthill (23 January 1924 – 17 July 1998) was a British applied mathematician, known for his pioneering work in the field of aeroacoustics and for writing the Lighthill report, which pessimistically stated that "In no part of the field (of AI) have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised", contributing to the gloomy climate of AI winter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Lighthill has received more than 154,540 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Lighthill is the 899th most popular mathematician (down from 790th in 2019), the 5,078th most popular biography from France (down from 4,475th in 2019) and the 111th most popular French Mathematician.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, James Lighthill ranks 899 out of 1,004. Before him are Yury Osipov, Caucher Birkar, Clifford Truesdell, Daina Taimiņa, Adele Goldstine, and Demetrios Christodoulou. After him are Phillip Griffiths, Richard Borcherds, Antoni Zygmund, Javier Perez-Capdevila, Erna Schneider Hoover, and W. T. Tutte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, James Lighthill ranks 451. Before him are Susanna Amatuni, Knut Steen, Yvonne Brill, George Amick, Earl Scruggs, and Ralph Miliband. After him are Robert Sobukwe, Arvo Viitanen, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Ruhi Sarıalp, Matti Kassila, and Hugh Huxley. Among people deceased in 1998, James Lighthill ranks 289. Before him are René Ferrier, Anna J. Harrison, Duncan White, Augusto Magli, Elio Morille, and Tommy Flowers. After him are Hammond Innes, Dan Osman, Lalita Pawar, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Valerie Hobson, and Dušan Pašek.

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In France

Among people born in France, James Lighthill ranks 5,078 out of 6,770. Before him are Marc Lavoine (1962), René Lorain (1900), Bouna Sarr (1992), Jean Rouaud (1952), Ismaël Bennacer (1997), and Seko Fofana (1995). After him are Max Jean (1943), Pascal Obispo (1965), Jacques Friedel (1921), Clotilde Hesme (1979), Élodie Yung (1981), and Tiémoué Bakayoko (1994).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, James Lighthill ranks 111. Before him are Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Claire Voisin (1962), Paul Montel (1876), Roger Apéry (1916), Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922), and Henri Padé (1863). After him are Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835), and Hugo Duminil-Copin (1985).

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