OBITUARY: Ransom Aldrich Myers (1952-2007)
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Fisheries scientist Ransom Aldrich Myers was a chronicler of declining fish populations. He helped to found fisheries conservation biology that helps in identifying exploited fish populations and species threatened with extinction and also provides measures for rebuilding them.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Obituary: Jean Brossel (1918-2003)
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Jean Brossel, one of the founding fathers of the modern French school of quantum optics and cofounder of the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel at the Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris), died on 2/4/03. Gives a biography of the physicist, accompanied by a photograph.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Obituary: Tom Kilburn (1921-2001)
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Yorkshire-born Tom Kilburn lead a pioneering computer stored-programming development team at the University of Manchester from 1948 until 1975.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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