Heinz Billing

German physicists (1914-2017) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Died at 102

Heinz Billing was a German physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.

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2017Died4 January 20172015Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2006Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAward1987Konrad Zuse MedalAward1914Born7 April 1914

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