Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted December 22, 2023 Yes, finally I can turn my attention to someone else. lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tango854 278 Posted January 23 Arno A. Penzias, Nobel prize in physics winner, dead at 90. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 23 Roger Guillemin, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and the co-discoverer of the unexpected hormones with which the brain controls many bodily functions, has died. He was 100. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/science/roger-guillemin-dead.html 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted February 23 On 18/12/2023 at 07:55, drol said: None of the elder Nobel Prize winners seems to be in failing health. I recently spoke with two elderly Chemistry winners (won't name them) and they still go to work ten hours a day. Also Martin Karplus is still directing his small group in Boston, he just seems unsinkable. Take it they didn't know Guillemin? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,970 Posted February 23 9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Take it they didn't know Guillemin? Nah, completely different field, completely different places. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted February 23 Andrzej Wiktor Schally (wiki) who worked with Guillemin and received the Nobel Prize with him is till alive at 97 ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEP 894 Posted February 23 47 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: Andrzej Wiktor Schally (wiki) who worked with Guillemin and received the Nobel Prize with him is till alive at 97 ! And he won the race on being last remaining 1977 living laureate alive. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,190 Posted March 12 On 09/10/2019 at 14:53, Mercarte said: 2000: Herbert Kroemer, 91 Herbert Kroemer, 2000 Physics Laureate and current Nobel Prize Dead Pool pick, dead at 95.. 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted March 27 On 09/10/2019 at 15:53, Mercarte said: Economics: 1987: Robert Solow, 95 1990: Harry Markowitz, 92 1990: William Sharpe, 85 1998: Amartya Sen, 86 1999: Robert Mundell, 87 2002: Vernon Smith, 92 2002: Daniel Kahneman, 85 2006: Edmund Phelps, 86 2005: Robert Aumann, 89 2009: Oliver Williamson, 87 Israeli-American author Daniel Kahneman (Wiki) dead at 90 He was awarded with the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Gisooo said: Israeli-American author Daniel Kahneman (Wiki) dead at 90 He was awarded with the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Thinking, Fast and Slow is his magnum opus. You find it in every bookstore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,066 Posted April 9 Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 11 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,759 Posted April 9 5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 Gone to meet his God particle. RIP. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted April 9 26 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 Now that's the type of death I was expecting 2024 to deliver. This could be the start of it now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted April 9 40 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 Gets a BBC Breaking news alert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldhollywood 90 Posted April 9 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 Quite a big miss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted April 9 21 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Gets a BBC Breaking news alert. But what we really want to know is did he get a breaking news notification from Le Monde @Lafaucheuse? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,412 Posted April 9 7 minutes ago, oldhollywood said: Quite a big miss Not really, he was just old. He wasn't terminally ill or in known poor health. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted April 9 15 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: But what we really want to know is did he get a breaking news notification from Le Monde @Lafaucheuse? actually, he did ! Le Monde doesn't give breaking news about death that much so I guess they judge he was significant enough 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldhollywood 90 Posted April 9 26 minutes ago, wannamaker said: Not really, he was just old. He wasn't terminally ill or in known poor health. Well yes but their strategy this year seems to be just old, 32/50 are over 90! So he did fall through the cracks a bit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted April 10 15 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 Will there be a Mass at his funeral? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,190 Posted July 7 Bengt I. Samuelsson (Medicine, 1982) dead at 90. Edit: Last picked in the DDP in 2020, so one for the List of the Missed. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,630 Posted July 7 Bengt I. Samuelsson reported dead Ah. @Summer in Transylvania is quick on the keyboard. Well played. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,970 Posted July 25 2005 medicine winner Robin Warren dead at 87. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 564 Posted August 5 Crossposting: 5 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee died at 98 years: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-08-05/news-1vOScJzZCA8/p.html 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted October 8 DL talking points David Attenborough, Donald Trump and Pope Francis are amongst the dozens of people and organisations nominated for this year's Peace Prize. We'll find out the winner this Friday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
