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John Gribbin

1946 - Today

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John R. Gribbin (born 19 March 1946) is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gribbin has received more than 218,536 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gribbin is the 6,521st most popular writer (down from 5,832nd in 2019), the 5,797th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,208th in 2019) and the 663rd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

In Search of the Edge of Time
1992
The Fellowship
2005
Science
2002
Timewarps
Time
1979
Genesis
1981
The Redundant Male
1985

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Gribbin ranks 6,521 out of 7,302. Before him are Sidney Lee, Ralf Rothmann, Deborah Ellis, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Charles Stross, and Martin Österdahl. After him are Laurell K. Hamilton, Ellen Kushner, Andrew Kevin Walker, Elizabeth Inchbald, Maylis de Kerangal, and Arkady Babchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, John Gribbin ranks 771. Before him are Bishan Singh Bedi, Stuart Christie, Tim Thomerson, Kate McGarrigle, Holly Woodlawn, and Skip Spence. After him are Cameron Mackintosh, Al Lowe, John Trudell, Mike Wilds, Ben Vereen, and Aruna Roy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gribbin ranks 5,797 out of 8,785. Before him are Sidney Lee (1859), Mary Rand (1940), Bill Slater (1927), Maxi Priest (1961), Charles Stross (1964), and Levi Colwill (2003). After him are Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915), Willie Watson (1920), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), David O'Hara (1965), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), and Samuel Gompers (1850).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Gribbin ranks 663. Before him are John Arden (1930), Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), John Lydgate (1370), Sidney Lee (1859), and Charles Stross (1964). After him are Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Richard Lovelace (1617), Jeff Noon (1957), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Eric Linklater (1899), and Katharine Gun (1974).

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