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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. He also made important contributions to gravitational wave detection research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert L. Forward is the 797th most popular physicist (down from 787th in 2019), the 11,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,125th in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Robert L. Forward ranks 797 out of 851. Before him are Edward C. Stone, Sverker Johansson, John Aitken, Conyers Herring, Kees Schouhamer Immink, and Werner Israel. After him are Daulat Singh Kothari, Mazlan Othman, Derek J. de Solla Price, Hedwig Kohn, He Jiankui, and William Penney, Baron Penney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert L. Forward ranks 526. Before him are Henry Taylor, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gennadiy Shatkov, Angela Mortimer, Nigel Lawson, and Mae Faggs. After him are Robert Reed, Gay Talese, Lamar Hunt, Malcolm Bradbury, Andrew Young, and Susan Oliver. Among people deceased in 2002, Robert L. Forward ranks 323. Before him are John James, Aglaja Veteranyi, Salman Raduyev, Krishan Kant, W. T. Tutte, and Sam Snead. After him are George Alec Effinger, Ward Kimball, Jack Fairman, Pratima Barua Pandey, Adele Jergens, and Kees Mijnders.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 11,579 out of 20,380. Before him are Mae Faggs (1932), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Fred VanVleet (1994), Sam Snead (1912), Katherine MacDonald (1891), and Wanda Sykes (1964). After him are YG (1990), Richard Grenell (1966), Virginia Weidler (1927), Jaime King (1979), F. Gary Gray (1969), and Charles Manring (1929).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Robert L. Forward ranks 184. Before him are Frank Press (1924), James M. Bardeen (1939), Robert Detweiler (1930), Erwin Hahn (1921), Edward C. Stone (1936), and Conyers Herring (1914). After him are Herbert Goldstein (1922), Stephen L. Adler (1939), Howard Georgi (1947), Arthur Wightman (1922), Daniel Kleppner (1932), and J. Richard Gott (1947).

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