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John R. Pierce

1910 - 2002

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John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 – April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. He did extensive work concerning radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction. Additionally to his professional career he wrote science fiction for many years using the names John Pierce, John R. Pierce, and J. J. Coupling. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John R. Pierce has received more than 139,856 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John R. Pierce is the 310th most popular engineer (down from 297th in 2019).

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John R. Pierce ranks 310 out of 389. Before him are Sam Eyde, Guenther Steiner, Isaac Roberts, Marina Popovich, Ron Tauranac, and Charles Combes. After him are Othmar Ammann, Christopher Cockerell, Jesse Ramsden, Robert Mallet, Louis Armand, and Marc René, marquis de Montalembert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, John R. Pierce ranks 306. Before him are José dos Santos Lopes, Otto Andersson, Felipe Olivares, Noel Rosa, Tom Richards, and Carl A. Wirtanen. After him are Christopher Cockerell, Lien Gisolf, Genrikh Kasparyan, Algisto Lorenzato, Carlo Orlandi, and Óscar Osorio. Among people deceased in 2002, John R. Pierce ranks 255. Before him are Barry Foster, Ekrem Akurgal, Jan de Hartog, Leo Ornstein, Eugen Meier, and Spike Milligan. After him are Sergei Bodrov Jr., Jack Kruschen, Stafford Beer, Walter Winterbottom, Zoran Janković, and Mario de las Casas.

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