In Memoriam

Who died in March 2007

4 memorials found

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Paul Lauterbur

19292007

American chemist and professor who shared the Nobel Prize for his instrumental work in developing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Mikhail Ulyanov

19272007

Soviet and Russian actor, director, and public figure, known for his distinguished career in theatre and cinema

John Backus

19242007

American computer scientist who led the team that created FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, and invented the Backus–Naur form (BNF)

Jean Baudrillard

19292007

French sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and concepts like hyperreality