Heinz Billing
Heinz Billing (7 April 1914 – 4 January 2017) was a German physicist and computer scientist. He is thought[by whom?] to be a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage.[1] He also built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.[1] He was award the Konrad Zuse Medal in 1987.
Life & career
Billing was born in Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He studied at University of Göttingen.
During his career, Billing worked at Aerodynamic Test Centre at Göttingen,[1] the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, and the Max Planck Institute for Physics.
In 1943, he married Anneliese Oetker. They had three children. Billing turned 100 in April 2014.[2][3]
Billing died on 4 January 2017 in Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany at the age of 102.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J. A. N. Lee. Computer pioneers (1995)IEEE Computer Society. ISBN 0-8186-6357-X. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ Computer and gravitational wave astronomy pioneer Heinz Billing celebrates his 100th birthday. Benjamin Knispel (7 April 2014)GEO600.org. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ Computerpionier Heinz Billing feiert 100. Geburtstag (in de). Detlef Borchers (7 April 2014)heise.de. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ Computerpionier Heinz Billing ist tot
Other websites
- Tracking down the gentle tremble at Max-Planck-Gesellschaft's website on account history of GEO600 with Heinz Billing.