Ada Yonath vs Ken Thompson
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Ken Thompson (1943–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 83 years, from 1943 to 2026.
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Ada Yonath (1939–2026)
- — Born in Jerusalem Verified
- — Took a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Verified
- — Completed a master's degree in biochemistry Verified
- — Awarded a doctorate by the Weizmann Institute of Science Verified
- — Established Israel's first protein crystallography laboratory Verified
- — Obtained the first crystals of a ribosomal subunit Verified
- — Led a Max Planck research unit in Hamburg Verified
- — Published high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Died
Ken Thompson (1943–present)
- — Born in New Orleans, Louisiana Verified
- — Studied at University of California, Berkeley Verified
- — Joined Bell Labs Verified
- — Co-created the Unix operating system Verified
- — Developed the Belle chess computer Verified
- — Received the Turing Award Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Technology Verified
- — Joined Google and co-created the Go language Verified