Deaths
- 20 February – F. Albert Cotton (b. 1930), American chemist known for his research on transition metal chemistry.
- 27 March – Paul Lauterbur (b. 1929), American chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in developing magnetic resonance imaging.
- 7 July – Dame Anne McLaren (b. 1927), British developmental biologist.
- 23 July – Ernst Otto Fischer (b. 1918), German winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering work in the area of organometallic chemistry.
- 26 October – Arthur Kornberg (b. 1918), American biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of DNA.
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)