CIRCASEPTENNIAN (ABOUT 7-YEAR) PERIODICITY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIRTH YEARS OF NOBEL LAUREATES FOR PHYSICS

Authors
VERHULST J ONGHENA P
Citation
J. Verhulst et P. Onghena, CIRCASEPTENNIAN (ABOUT 7-YEAR) PERIODICITY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIRTH YEARS OF NOBEL LAUREATES FOR PHYSICS, Psychological reports, 82(1), 1998, pp. 127-130
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
82
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
127 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1998)82:1<127:C(7PIT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The distribution of birth years for Nobel physicists shows a circasept ennian (about 7-year) periodicity. This observation extends an earlier observation of a circaseptennian pattern in the distribution of birth years for early quantum physicists. In both categories, birth rate te nds to maximize in years belonging to the (7n + 4) phase.