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K O N R A D Z U S E 1910-1995 BY MANFRED SCHROEDER KONRAD ZUSE German computer pioneer, died on December 18,1995, in Hunefeld near Bad Hersfeld (Hessia)
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"Fifty years ago, as a student of civil engineering, I was struck by the immense calculations that had to be performed in the construction of buildings," Zuse said. "I became convinced that machines should be doing these calculations, but at the time I understood nothing about computers.
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KONRAD ZUSE 307 Zuse says his life has been market! by what he terms the curse of being ahead of his time.
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308 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES Zuse was honorary member of the Leopoldina, the oldest German Scientific Academy. A number of streets and buildings were named for him, as well as a research center in Berlin and a scholarship program of the German government to support foreign guest professors.
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Gourdine 1991 September 26, 1929 November 20, 1998 Robert Herman 1978 August29, 1914 February 13, 1997 Eivind Hognestad 1973 July 17, 1921 February 16, 2000 Joe Estes House 1995 September 28, 1923 May 1, 1998 GeorgeJ. Huebner 1975 September 8, 1910 September 4, 1995 Lawrence E
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Rees 1973 April 28, 1909 April 2, 1998 Eric Reissner 1976 January 5, 1913 November 1, 1996 Rudolf Schulten 1978 August 16, 1923 April 27, 1996 Henry E Singleton 1979 November 27, 1916 August 31, 1999 Richard Skalak 1988 February 5, 1923 August 17, 1997 Gregory Eugene Stillman 1985 February 15, 1936 July 30, 1999 James R
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