Richard L. Garwin, a designer of the first hydrogen bomb, dies at 97

Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 99

Peter Lax, whose work at the intersection of mathematical theory and application redefined how scientists used new computing technology to solve the technical problems of the Cold War, from designing aircraft and weapons to predicting the weather, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 99. His death was confirmed by his son Dr. James D. Lax, who said the cause was a cardiac amyloid. As the computer age was dawning, Dr. Lax, a native of …

Richard L. Garwin, a designer of the first hydrogen bomb, dies at 97

Garwin advised several presidents published more than 500 papers and was granted 47 U.S. patents.

Richard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97

Richard L. Garwin, an architect of America’s hydrogen bomb, who shaped defense policies for postwar governments and laid the groundwork for insights into the structure of the universe as well as for medical and computer marvels , died on Tuesday at his home in Scarsdale, N.Y. He was 97. His death was confirmed by his son Thomas. A polymathic physicist and geopolitical thinker, Dr. Garwin was only 23 when he built the world’s first fusion bomb. H…