PHYSICIST

Robert Hofstadter

1915 - 1990

Photo of Robert Hofstadter

Icon of person Robert Hofstadter

Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Hofstadter has received more than 278,265 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Robert Hofstadter is the 207th most popular physicist (down from 181st in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from United States (up from 837th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Physicist.

Hofstadter is most famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid," which was published in 1979. The book is a work of intellectual history that seeks to answer the question of what makes intelligence tick.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert Hofstadter ranks 207 out of 851. Before him are Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Michio Kaku, David J. Wineland, Mihajlo Pupin, Alain Aspect, and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. After him are Richard E. Taylor, James Cronin, David J. Thouless, David Lee, Arthur Ashkin, and Yoichiro Nambu.

Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Robert Hofstadter ranks 28. Before him are Sviatoslav Richter, Fred Hoyle, Saul Bellow, Curd Jürgens, Charles H. Townes, and Les Paul. After him are Clifford Shull, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Aziz Nesin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Brother Roger. Among people deceased in 1990, Robert Hofstadter ranks 24. Before him are Miguel Muñoz, John Bowlby, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Lawrence Durrell, Bruno Bettelheim, and Ilya Frank. After him are Sandro Pertini, Jacques Demy, Keith Haring, Boris Shcherbina, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Barbara Stanwyck.

Others Born in 1915

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1990

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Hofstadter ranks 783 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Burns Woodward (1917), David J. Wineland (1944), Jim Jones (1931), Brandon Lee (1965), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), and Joe DiMaggio (1914). After him are Robert McNamara (1916), Dalton Trumbo (1905), Judith Butler (1956), Antony Blinken (1962), Mark Hamill (1951), and Marvin Gaye (1939).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert Hofstadter ranks 36. Before him are Douglas Osheroff (1945), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Steven Weinberg (1933), Michio Kaku (1947), David J. Wineland (1944), and Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921). After him are James Cronin (1931), David Lee (1931), Arthur Ashkin (1922), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), Leon Cooper (1930), and Clifford Shull (1915).

American born Physicists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous