1955 - Today
Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology (MNT), and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was revised and published as the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery Manufacturing and Computation (1992), which received the Association of American Publishers award for Best Computer Science Book of 1992. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. Eric Drexler has received more than 250,962 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). K. Eric Drexler is the 273rd most popular engineer, the 6,796th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,296th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Engineer.
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Among engineers, K. Eric Drexler ranks 273 out of 323. Before him are Sam Eyde, Ransom E. Olds, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Arthur Rudolph, Peter Schreyer, and Othmar Ammann. After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Da-Wen Sun, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alan Shugart, Mikhail Tikhonravov, and Arthur E. Kennelly.
1866 - 1940
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 267
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 268
1881 - 1957
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 269
1906 - 1996
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 270
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 271
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 272
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 273
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 274
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 275
985 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 276
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 277
1900 - 1974
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 278
1861 - 1939
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 279
Among people born in 1955, K. Eric Drexler ranks 267. Before him are Deborra-Lee Furness, Agathonas Iakovidis, John Hinckley Jr., Andrei Gavrilov, Julian Richings, and Kane Hodder. After him are Roberto Pruzzo, Bruno Pezzey, Enzo Ghinazzi, Jeff Perry, Rolf Løvland, and Lee Smolin.
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 261
1955 - 2020
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 262
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 263
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 264
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 265
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 266
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 267
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 268
1955 - 1994
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 269
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 270
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 271
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 272
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 273
Among people born in United States, K. Eric Drexler ranks 6,796 out of 18,182. Before him are Khandi Alexander (1957), Jacqueline Logan (1904), George Herbig (1920), Frank Silva (1950), Dominique Dunne (1959), and Lea Michele (1986). After him are Polly Holliday (1937), John Fiedler (1925), Carmelo Anthony (1984), Paul Whiteman (1890), Dizzy Reed (1963), and Kate Bosworth (1983).
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 6,790
1904 - 1983
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 6,791
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 6,792
1950 - 1995
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 6,793
1959 - 1982
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 6,794
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 6,795
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 6,796
1937 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 6,797
1925 - 2005
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 6,798
1984 - Present
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 6,799
1890 - 1967
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 6,800
1963 - Present
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 6,801
1983 - Present
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 6,802
Among engineers born in United States, K. Eric Drexler ranks 29. Before him are Aron Ralston (1975), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), and Ransom E. Olds (1864). After him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), and Robert H. Dennard (1932).
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 23
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 24
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 25
1900 - 1982
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 26
1914 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 27
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 28
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 29
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 30
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 31
1922 - 2012
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 32
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 33
1898 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 34
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 35