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Monday, 30 May 2016

Obituaries

Jane Fawcett during or immediately after World War II.
Jane Fawcett, British Decoder Who Helped Doom the Bismarck, Dies at 95

By BRUCE WEBER

As an eagle-eyed staffer at Bletchley Park, home to Britain's wartime code-breakers, Ms. Fawcett identified a message that led to the sinking of the fearsome German warship.
Ronald C. Davidson at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he oversaw research.
Ronald C. Davidson, Pioneer of Fusion Power, Dies at 74

By KENNETH CHANG

During Dr. Davidson's tenure, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory made major advances toward harnessing fusion, which powers the sun.
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