Obituary: Margherita Hack, astrophysicist, civil rights activist (1922-2013)

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Source: Wikipedia, full text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack


Margherita Hack, Dame Grand Cross OMRI (12 June 1922 - 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered...

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[Source: New York Times, full text: (LINK).]

Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Revolutionary in the Study of the Brain, Dies at 103


31 December 2012 | By BENEDICT CAREY


By studying chicken embryos

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[Source: The Guardian, full text: (LINK).]

Sir Bernard Lovell, Jodrell Bank Observatory founder, dies aged 98



7 August 2012


Physicist and radio astronomer who helped build one of world's largest

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Edwin Kilbourne, Flu Vaccine Expert, Dies at 90


[Source: New York Times, View Original Article. Feb 25 2011.]

Dr. Kilbourne was an adviser to President Gerald R. Ford on a controversial policy during the swine...

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Obituary. Horton Foote - Telegraph

Horton Foote

Horton Foote, who died on March 4 aged 92, was a playwright and screenwriter whose work included his Oscar-winning adaptation of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

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