Alexander Prokhorov

Soviet and russian physicist (1916-2002).

Born July 11th, 1916 in Atherton. [ref]

Died January 8th, 2002 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
editor, physicist, university teacher

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs