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Robert Herman

1914 - 1997

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Robert Herman (August 29, 1914 – February 13, 1997) was an American astronomer, best known for his work with Ralph Alpher in 1948–50, on estimating the temperature of cosmic microwave background radiation from the Big Bang explosion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Herman has received more than 75,991 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Herman is the 564th most popular astronomer, the 10,833rd most popular biography from United States and the 114th most popular American Astronomer.

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  • 76k

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  • 42.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Robert Herman ranks 564 out of 644. Before him are Bruce C. Murray, John August Anderson, Irwin I. Shapiro, Makio Akiyama, Alfred Bohrmann, and Thomas Bopp. After him are David L. Rabinowitz, Kazuro Watanabe, Peter Goldreich, Carlyle S. Beals, Lidiya Tseraskaya, and Merieme Chadid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Robert Herman ranks 382. Before him are Max Stiepl, Fred Clark, Ward Kimball, Hans Theilig, Edward Andrews, and Zdeněk Škrland. After him are Jack Medica, Lillian Randolph, Donald A. Wollheim, Hendrik Isemborghs, Julie Bishop, and Sam Hanks. Among people deceased in 1997, Robert Herman ranks 297. Before him are Mikhail Anikushin, Santiago Benítez, Shirley Clarke, Ekaterina Kalinchuk, John Porter, and Gul Mohammed. After him are Rawya Ateya, Derek Taylor, Max Bloesch, Don Messick, Gulshan Kumar, and Roger Laurent.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Herman ranks 10,833 out of 20,380. Before him are Chino Moreno (1973), Norman Thagard (1943), Lowell George (1945), John Russell Pope (1874), Alison Bechdel (1960), and Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870). After him are Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Jack Holt (1888), Jasika Nicole (1980), Glen Powell (1988), Sandy Allen (1955), and Ken Ribet (1948).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Robert Herman ranks 114. Before him are David Rittenhouse (1732), Scott S. Sheppard (1977), Bruce C. Murray (1931), John August Anderson (1876), Irwin I. Shapiro (1929), and Thomas Bopp (1949). After him are David L. Rabinowitz (1960), Peter Goldreich (1939), A. E. Douglass (1867), Margaret Harwood (1885), Christian Pollas (1947), and Mary Watson Whitney (1847).

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