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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. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned his PhD from Caltech, and died in Sunnyvale, California, from complications of Parkinson's Disease. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John R. Pierce is the 307th most popular engineer (up from 310th in 2019). (down from 4,154th in 2019)

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Among engineers, John R. Pierce ranks 307 out of 389. Before him are Percy Hobart, Boris Lisunov, Hesham Qandil, Kenneth Nichols, Robert W. Paul, and Georgy Babakin. After him are Mal Evans, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Robert H. Dennard, Peter Schreyer, K. Eric Drexler, and Ralph Bagnold.

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Among people born in 1910, John R. Pierce ranks 306. Before him are György Faludy, Fernando de Santiago, Robert Earl Jones, Herbert Adamski, Óscar Osorio, and Petar Trifunović. After him are Mario Alborta, William Schuman, Inge Meysel, Max Miedinger, Abraham Polonsky, and Jack Carson. Among people deceased in 2002, John R. Pierce ranks 258. Before him are Damon Knight, Dee Brown, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Carmelo Bene, Yuji Hyakutake, and Vernon A. Walters. After him are Jan de Hartog, Peter Blau, Hellmuth Marx, Chaim Potok, Mikayil Abdullayev, and Anatoli Bashashkin.

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