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Birth Name:

Rolf Landauer

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Feb 04, 1927

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Age:

97

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

14°

Aqu

38'

About Rolf Landauer

Rolf William Landauer (February 4, 1927 – April 27, 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.

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External Links:

• The 'Landauer' formula

• Bio at IEEE Global History Network

• Stuyvesant math team

• PhysicsWeb Obituary

• Nature Obituary

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• Physicists confirm Landauer's conjecture

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Rolf Landauer: Sun 14 Aquarius, Moon 13 Pisces, Mercury 19 Aquarius, Venus 2 Pisces, Mars 21 Taurus, Jupiter 3 Pisces, Saturn 6 Sagittarius, Uranus 27 Pisces, Neptune 25 Leo, Pluto 14 Cancer, Sun Quincunx Pluto, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Square Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Square Saturn, Uranus Quincunx Neptune

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