Deaths
- January 14 – Kurt Gödel (b. 1906), American mathematician.
- March 9 – Gaston Julia (b. 1893), French mathematician.
- March 23 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer (b. 1893) Jewish biochemist.
- March 30 – Bill Hamilton (b. 1899), New Zealand mechanical engineer.
- March 31 – Charles Best (b. 1899), Canadian medical scientist.
- July 22 – André Chapelon (b. 1892), French steam locomotive designer.
- September 15 – Willy Messerschmitt (b. 1898), German aircraft engineer.
- November 15 – Margaret Mead (b. 1901), American cultural anthropologist.
Read more about this topic: 1978 In Science
Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
and the deaths they hire.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)