Hubert Curien, 80. Architect of French space policy; a father of Ariane rocket. Feb. 6.
Robert Kearns, 77. Inventor of intermittent windshield wipers; won big judgments against automakers. Feb. 9.
Samuel W. Alderson, 90. Invented crash test dummies. Feb. 11.
Jef Raskin, 61. Conceived Apple's Macintosh computer. Feb. 26.
Hans Bethe, 98. Won Nobel for figuring out how stars generate energy. March 6.
John DeLorean, 80. Automotive innovator. March 19.
Jack Kilby, 81. Nobel laureate whose 1958 invention of the integrated circuit opened the way for microchips, the brains of computers, electronic gadgets. June 20.
Charles D. Keeling, 77. Scientist whose study of carbon-dioxide in atmosphere helped trigger global warming fears. June 20.
Joseph Rotblat, 96. Won Nobel Peace Prize for efforts against atomic weapons. Aug. 31.
Jack Real, 90. Aviation pioneer who helped develop the Apache helicopter. Sept. 6.
Gordon Gould, 85. He coined the word "laser," won legal battle to secure patent rights. Sept. 16.
Richard Smalley, 62. Nobel winner who helped discover unusual molecules called buckyballs; championed nanotechnology. Oct. 28.
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