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Hawking died at his home in Cambridge on 14 March 2018, at the age of 76. [ 307 ] [ 308 ] [ 309 ] His family stated that he "died peacefully". [ 310 ] [ 311 ] He was eulogised by figures in science, entertainment, politics, and other areas.
The left half of Bugorski's face swelled up beyond recognition and, over the next several days, the skin started to peel, revealing the path that the proton beam had burned through parts of his face, his bone, and the brain tissue underneath. [4]
He felt that improved science education was essential, and strove to encourage young students to consider careers in science. His slogan for this effort was "Be a scientist, save the world." [32] Smalley was a leading advocate of the National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2003. [33]
Gibbons' former colleague Channing Robertson recruited him to work for Theranos as chief scientist in 2005. In 2005, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes hired Ian Gibbons as the company's chief scientist. [20] [13] [2] Gibbons was the first experienced scientist hired by the company, [9] [2] with the title of Senior Director of Assay Development.
MATTHEW WILLSON : Gifted astrophysicist Matthew Willson was killed after being struck by a stray bullet while lying in bed with his girlfriend in her Georgia apartment. Sixteen months on, with ...
Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand name Freon; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health and the environment.
Dian Fossey (/ d aɪ ˈ æ n / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1]
He was believed to have died in the Eighty Years' War in the Netherlands. His mother, Katharina Guldenmann, an innkeeper's daughter, was a healer and herbalist. Johannes had six siblings, of which two brothers and one sister survived to adulthood. Born prematurely, he claimed to have been weak and sickly as a child.