Heinz Pagels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinz Pagels

American physicist

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jul-1988

Profession: physicist, university teacher, philosopher, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Heinz Rudolf Pagels (February 19, 1939 – July 23, 1988) was an American physicist, an associate professor of physics at Rockefeller University, the executive director and chief executive officer of the New York Academy of Sciences, and president of the International League for Human Rights.
He wrote the popular science books The Cosmic Code (1982), Perfect Symmetry (1985), and The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity (1988).