<story><title>Solomon Golomb (1932–2016)</title><url>http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/05/solomon-golomb-19322016/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cwilkes</author><text>&amp;gt; Most of the scientists and mathematicians I know I met first through professional connections. But not Sol Golomb. It was 1981, and I was at Caltech, a 21-year-old physicist who’d just received some media attention from being the youngest in the first batch of MacArthur award recipients.&lt;p&gt;Man, Stephen can #humblebrag the shit out of anything, including the death of a famous mathematician</text></comment>
<story><title>Solomon Golomb (1932–2016)</title><url>http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/05/solomon-golomb-19322016/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JoeDaDude</author><text>I am lucky to have attended the small symposium at Villanova University only a few weeks ago where Golomb was presented the Franklin Institute Award in electrical engineering.  One of those in attendance was Dr. Andrew Viterbi, known for another significant contribution to telecommunications.&lt;p&gt;A short video of Golomb&amp;#x27;s accomplishments is available here at the Franklin Institute website:   &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fi.edu&amp;#x2F;laureates&amp;#x2F;solomon-w-golomb&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fi.edu&amp;#x2F;laureates&amp;#x2F;solomon-w-golomb&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>