Rolf Landauer Death
Rolf passed away on April 27, 1999 at the age of 72 in Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States.
When did Rolf Landauer die?
April 27, 1999How old was Rolf Landauer when died?
72Where did Rolf Landauer die? What was the location of death?
Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States
Rolf Landauer Birthday and Date of Death
Rolf Landauer was born on February 4, 1927 and died on April 27, 1999. Rolf was 72 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 4, 1927
Date of Death: April 27, 1999
Age at Death: 72
Rolf Landauer - Biography
Rolf William Landauer (February 4, 1927 – April 28, 1999) was a German-American physicist who made important contributions in diverse areas of the thermodynamics of information processing, condensed matter physics, and the conductivity of disordered media. In 1961 he discovered Landauer's principle, that in any logically irreversible operation that manipulates information, such as erasing a bit of memory, entropy increases and an associated amount of energy is dissipated as heat. This principle is relevant to reversible computing, quantum information and quantum computing. He also is responsible for the Landauer formula relating the electrical resistance of a conductor to its scattering properties. He won the Stuart Ballantine Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Oliver Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society and the IEEE Edison Medal, among many other honors.
