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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 J. A. N. Lee (1995). "Heinz Billing". Computer pioneers. 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. GEO600.org. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Computerpionier Heinz Billing feiert 100. Geburtstag". Detlef Borchers (in German). heise.de. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ↑ Computerpionier Heinz Billing ist tot
Other websites
[change | change source]- Tracking down the gentle tremble at Max-Planck-Gesellschaft's website on account history of GEO600 with Heinz Billing.
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