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Physics

Counting in the Dark

Partha Ghose

Satyendra Nath Bose was a legendary figure in twentieth century physics. Partha Ghose, a former student of Bose, pays tribute to a trailblazer who helped forge a new direction in quantum mechanics.

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Biology

Memories of
E. O. Wilson

Walter Tschinkel

Wilson’s life was an astounding journey from a child collecting snakes and ants, to a top-ranking academic biologist, to one of the best-known public champions of nature. He died late in 2021.

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Physics

In Memoriam: Myriam Sarachik

Tony Liss & Parameswaran Nair

Myriam Sarachik passed away on October 7, 2021. Her work on the Kondo effect, the metal-insulator transition, and quantum tunneling in molecular magnets are highlights in her research career.

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Biochemistry

In Memoriam: Dan Tawfik

Anthony Futerman

Dan Tawfik passed away in May 2021 at the age of sixty-five and yet at the height of his powers. He was a giant in the field of enzyme evolution and the study of de novo protein generation.

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Physics

In Memoriam: Steven Weinberg

Sheldon Lee Glashow

For seventy-four of their eighty-eight years, Sheldon Lee Glashow and the late Steven Weinberg knew each other. Their high-school friendship eventually led to a shared Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Geology

A Theory of the Earth

Mike Leeder

In 1788, James Hutton described his geological observations and resulting theory for the age of the earth. His conclusion was startling: “We find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.”

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Mathematics

The Game of Life

Daniel Kleitman

The late John Horton Conway had a gift for making complicated mathematics appear simple. His contributions included a solution for the major problem of group theory and the concept of surreal numbers.

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Computer Science

The Man Who Carried Computer Science on His Shoulders

Krzysztof Apt

Little known outside his field, Edsger Dijkstra was a highly influential and often controversial figure in computer science. He was a pioneer and a genius whose work shaped the field like few others.

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Astronomy

Andalusian Astronomy in the Eleventh Century

Julio Samsó

The eleventh-century astronomer Ibn al-Zarqālluh has been long established as the most important astronomer of the Islamic West. His ideas remained influential in Europe into the fifteenth century.

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