[ad_1] Lila Gleitman, whose pioneering work in linguistics and cognitive science broadened our understanding of how language works and how children learn, died August 8 at a Philadelphia hospital. HeRead More
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Gilbert V. Levin, who said he found traces of life on Mars, dies at 97
[ad_1] Dr. Levin met T. Keith GlennanAt a Christmas party, NASA’s first administrator was asked if the newly formed space agency was interested in searching for life on Mars. HeRead More
Leading Aggression Psychologist Albert Bandura dies at 95
[ad_1] “I started to feel a kinship with the battered Bobo doll,” she wrote. In the end, his work prevailed, and his findings became even more relevant in a worldRead More
Working on the Dreaming Brain, Dr. J. Allan Hobson Dies At 88
[ad_1] “There was a tendency in the psychoanalytic world to imply that everything was psychodynamic,” he added, noting that some doctors reflexively held mothers responsible for their children’s behavior. However,Read More
Groundbreaking Nobel Prize in Physics Steven Weinberg dies at 88
[ad_1] His discoveries deepened the understanding of the fundamental forces in the universe and in his book “The First Three Minutes” took general readers back to the dawn. [ad_2] SourceRead More
Sharp Pencil Distinguished Geneticist Richard C. Lewontin Dies At 92
[ad_1] Dr. Lewontin marveled at the harmfulness of sexism, including among his so-called noble peers. “When talking to academic audiences about the biological determination of social status, I repeatedly triedRead More
Kidney Transplant Specialist Dr. Barbara Murphy Dies at 56
[ad_1] A leading nephrologist specializing in advanced research focused on predicting and diagnosing kidney transplant outcomes, Dr. Barbara Murphy died Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, where she hasRead More