2003 - Pioneer program: Last unsuccessful contact attempt with Pioneer 10.
Harry Nyquist (February 7, 1889 � April 4, 1976) was an important contributor to information theory.
Dr. An Wang (Chinese: 王安; pinyin: W�ng Ān; February 7, 1920 � March 24, 1990) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories.
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (Russian: И́горь Васи́льевич Курча́тов) (January 8, 1903 � February 7, 1960) was a Soviet/Russian physicist.
You think you have a tough boss: �Kurchatov later remarked that his main feeling at the time was one of relief, as he was confident that had the weapon failed, Stalin would have had him shot.�
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