Heinz Billing was a German physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Berlin, Germany

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Robert Vallée

France

c. 1923 – 2017 (94 years old)

Robert Vallée was a French cyberneticist and mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Paris, France

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Jewel Plummer Cobb

United States

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Jewel Plummer Cobb was an American biologist, cancer researcher, professor, dean, and academic administrator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Vera Rubin

Vera Florence Cooper Rubin

United States

1928 – 2016 (88 years old)

Pioneering astronomer whose measurements of galaxy rotation rates provided the first robust empirical evidence for dark matter.

Washington, D.C., United States

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John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn Jr.

United States

1921 – 2016 (95 years old)

First American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 in 1962, U.S. Senator, and oldest person to fly in space at age 77.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

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Ahmed Zewail

أحمد حسن زويل

Egypt

1946 – 2016 (70 years old)

Egyptian-American chemist revered as the 'father of femtochemistry' who used ultrafast lasers to film chemical bonds breaking and forming in real time.

Giza, Egypt

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John Murrell

Great Britain

c. 1933 – 2016 (83 years old)

John Norman Murrell FRS was a British theoretical chemist who played a leading role in revolutionising the UK's reputation for theoretical chemistry during the second half of the 20th century.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Wim Mook

Netherlands

c. 1933 – 2016 (83 years old)

Willem Gerrit "Wim" Mook was a Dutch isotope physicist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Dmitry Shirkov

Russia

c. 1928 – 2016 (88 years old)

Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Moscow, Russia

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Jerker Porath

Sweden

c. 1922 – 2016 (94 years old)

Jerker Porath was a Swedish biochemist who invented several separation methods for biomolecules. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Stockholm, Sweden

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Robert M. Carter

Great Britain

c. 1943 – 2016 (73 years old)

Robert Merlin Carter was an English palaeontologist, stratigrapher and marine geologist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Sir Kenneth Corfield

Great Britain

c. 1925 – 2016 (91 years old)

Sir Kenneth George Corfield was a British camera engineer and industrialist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Abbas Bahri

Switzerland

c. 1955 – 2016 (61 years old)

Abbas Bahri was a Tunisian mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Lawrence H. Cohn

United States

c. 1938 – 2016 (78 years old)

Lawrence H. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Robert D. Acland

United States

c. 1942 – 2016 (74 years old)

Robert D. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov

Russia

c. 1927 – 2016 (89 years old)

Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov was a Soviet and Russian computer scientist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Moscow, Russia

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Rudolf Haag

Germany

c. 1923 – 2016 (93 years old)

Rudolf Haag was a German theoretical physicist, who mainly dealt with fundamental questions of quantum field theory. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Berlin, Germany

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Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds

Switzerland

c. 1943 – 2016 (73 years old)

Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds was a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Geneva, Switzerland

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