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Piet Hein was married four times and had five sons from his last three marriages.
1937: married Gunver Holck, divorced.
1942: married: Gerda Ruth (Nena) Conheim, divorced. Sons: Juan Alvaro Hein, born 9 January 1943; Andrés Humberto Hein, born 30 December 1943.
1947: married Anne Cathrina (Trine) Krøyer Pedersen, divorced. Son: Lars Hein, born 20 May 1950.
1955: married Gerd Ericsson, who died 3 November 1968. Son: Jotun Hein, born 19 July 1956; Hugo Piet Hein, born 16 November 1963.
Jotun Hein proved the Soma cube's "Basalt Rock" construction impossible at age 12. This was published in the puzzle's instruction manual as "Jotun's Proof". He was a Professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow of University College, Oxford. He was previously the director of the Bioinformatics Research Centre at Aarhus University, Denmark.
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