Scientists, Inventors And Techno Wizards

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Paul Hebert, inventor of the Hebert Box, a device used in detecting dangerous storms, has died. He was 91.

 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article289002174.html

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Sergei Novikov (wiki), huge Russian mathematician and Fields Medal winner, reportedly dead at 86.

 

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8 minutes ago, drol said:

Sergei Novikov (wiki), huge Russian mathematician and Fields Medal winner, reportedly dead at 86.

 

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Engineer Lynn Conway, who was notable for her role in initiating an important computer science movement known as the Mead & Conway revolution,died at 86 years:

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-11/lynn-conway-leading-computer-scientist-and-transgender-pioneer-dies-at-85

She was also famous for her activism on behalf of the transgender community.

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Ed Stone, physicist and former director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dead at 88.

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Noted computer programmer Bruce Bastian, who co-founded the WordPerfect Software Company in 1978, died at 76 years:

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/bruce-bastian-co-founder-of-wordperfect-and-lgbtq-supporter-dies-at-age-76

He was also well-known for his philanthropy and gay rights activism.