Heinz Pagels
Heinz Rudolf Pagels (February 19, 1939 – July 23, 1988) was an American physicist, an associate professor of physics at Rockefeller University, the executive director and chief executive officer of the New York Academy of Sciences, and president of the International League for Human Rights. He wrote the popular science books The Cosmic Code (1982), Perfect Symmetry (1985), and The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity (1988).
Heinz Pagels | |
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| Born | February 19, 1939 New York City, New York United States |
| Died | July 23, 1988 (aged 49) Pyramid Peak, Colorado, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Stanford University Woodberry Forest School |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University New York Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Sidney Drell |
| Doctoral students | Seth Lloyd |
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