Showing posts with label obituary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obituary. Show all posts
Monday, July 9, 2012

Remembering Sergio Pininfarina Who Designed Classic Ferraris

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Sergio Pininfarina, left, and Renzo Carli. Pininfarina was responsible for the sleek shapes of Ferraris and many other sports cars. (Europea...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

TV Remote Control Inventor Eugene Polley Dies At 96

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A 1955 advertisement for Flash-Matic, the first wireless TV remote control TV Remote Control Inventor Eugene Polley Dies At 96 -- BBC The in...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Remembering Dr. Paul Zamecnik

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Although Dr. Paul Zamecnik was nominated repeatedly for the Nobel and rumors circulated each year that he would finally receive it, the priz...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Remembering The Man Who Made Jet Fighters Possible

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Richard T. Whitcomb solved a problem that had bedeviled aviation engineers, leading to supersonic flight. He died Tuesday at age 88. NASA He...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug Dies At 95

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From CNN: (CNN) -- Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, an agricultural scientist who helped develop disease-resistant wheat used to fight fami...

Aage Bohr

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At the nobel Prize ceremony Photo: Bettmann Archive/Corbis From The Telegraph: Aage Bohr, who died on September 8 aged 87, was a pioneerin...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

John S. Barry, Main Force Behind WD-40, Dies at 84

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From CNBC: John S. Barry, an executive who masterminded the spread of WD-40, the petroleum-based lubricant and protectant created for the sp...