Leon Knopoff 1925-2011

Leon Festinger: Lunch With Leon.

Leon Lagnado

others allowed first view of uncharted lands, and supported great leaps ahead. The Oracle at Delphi once professed, “Make your own nature, not the advice of others, your guide in life”. Bill’s scientific life followed his nature, from dusty entomology libraries to steaming jungles. This book traces not just Bill’s scientific ideas, but also his academic struggles to get his papers published, es...

In memory of Iraj Afshar (1925 - 2011), a renowned scholar of Iranian studies.

On March 9th, 2011, the eminent scholar of Iranian studies, historian, bibliographer, Persian manuscript expert, journalist, biographer and writer, Iraj Afshar passed away at the age of 85 in Tehran. His demise was a great loss to Iranian culture. He edited or wrote around 300 books in various fields of Iranian studies, including the history of medicine in Iran and published more than 2000 pape...

The treasure trove of yeast genera and species described by Johannes van der Walt (1925–2011)

Yeast taxonomy and systematics have in recent years been dealt with intensively primarily by a small group of individual researchers with particular expertise. Amongst these was Johannes P. van der Walt, who had a major role in shaping our current understanding of yeast biodiversity and taxonomy. Van der Walt based his taxonomic studies not only on available cultures, but also by going into the...

’ S Introduction Leon Sterling

The area of logic programming has made great strides in the 15 years since its emergence. There are journals, conferences, textbooks, courses at universities, and no doubt that logic programming is a viable academic discipline. The impact of logic programming on the worlds of industry and business is less clear. Are applications being written using current logic programming tools, for example? ...