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Robert L. Forward

1932 - 2002

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Robert Lull Forward (August 15, 1932 – September 21, 2002) was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His literary work was noted for its scientific credibility and use of ideas developed from his career as an aerospace engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert L. Forward has received more than 147,245 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert L. Forward is the 674th most popular physicist (down from 650th in 2019), the 7,878th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,036th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Physicist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert L. Forward ranks 674 out of 717Before him are Ash Carter, Egon Orowan, Pief Panofsky, Joseph Polchinski, Bernard Lovell, and Vladimir Veksler. After him are Robert R. Wilson, Gerald Guralnik, Ernst Stueckelberg, Abraham Pais, Sulamith Goldhaber, and Clyde Cowan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert L. Forward ranks 373Before him are Derog Gioura, Gerald Carr, Abel Aganbegyan, José Varacka, François Deguelt, and Gay Talese. After him are Pak Ui-chun, Robert H. Dennard, Guillaume Bieganski, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Imre Polyák, and Jenő Dalnoki. Among people deceased in 2002, Robert L. Forward ranks 252Before him are Mahmoud Fayad, Jeff Corey, Johnny Unitas, Conny Vandenbos, Louis-Marie Billé, and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. After him are John R. Pierce, Willie Davenport, Mustafa Mansour, Anatoli Bashashkin, Ruth Svedberg, and Signe Hasso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 7,878 out of 18,182Before him are Daniel Henney (1979), Tim Powers (1952), Big Van Vader (1955), Robert A. Parker (1936), Elizabeth Dole (1936), and Robert Weinberg (1942). After him are Frank Robinson (1935), James Crafts (1839), Ty Hardin (1930), Christina Milian (1981), Carol Kaye (1935), and Rufus Thomas (1917).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 140Before him are Lee Smolin (1955), Edward Condon (1902), Leona Woods (1919), Lisa Randall (1962), Ash Carter (1954), and Joseph Polchinski (1954). After him are Robert R. Wilson (1914), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Clyde Cowan (1919), Frank Benford (1883), Leonard Mlodinow (1954), and Charles H. Bennett (1943).