The worthy-but-dull obituary of Gustav Born
April 27, 2018 8:27 AM Subscribe

Tom Whipple's Twitter thread about receiving the assignment to write an obituary of Gustav Born for the Times of London (paywall). Turns out Born was inspired by being at Hiroshima after the bomb went off to research how platelets work. His father Max Born was a colleague and friend of Einstein. And he's the uncle of Olivia Newton-John.
posted by larrybob (2 comments total) 14 users marked this as a favorite

Interesting. The first part of the obit (all they would let me read) wasn't dull.
posted by mightshould at 4:27 PM on April 27, 2018

Some people do lead interesting - and useful - lives.
posted by bryon at 11:32 PM on April 28, 2018

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