Editing 2001 in science (section)

==Deaths==
* February 9 – [[Herbert A. Simon]] (b. [[1916 in science|1916]]), American [[polymath]], recipient of the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Herbert A. Simon, 1916-2001 |last1=Edward Feigenbaum |date=2001 |journal=Science |volume=291 |issue=5511 |pages=2107 |doi=10.1126/science.1060171 |s2cid=180480666 |author1-link=Edward Feigenbaum }}</ref>
* February 13 – [[Ugo Fano]] (b. [[1912 in science|1912]]), Italian-born American physicist.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Clark | first1 = Charles W. | journal = Nature | title = Obituary: Ugo Fano (1912–2001)| volume = 410 | issue = 6825 | pages = 164 | doi = 10.1038/35065786 | year = 2001 | bibcode = 2001Natur.410..164C | s2cid = 26743870 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* February 24 – [[Claude Shannon]] (b. 1916), American [[mathematician]].
* March 31 – [[Clifford Shull]] (b. 1915), American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/07/guardianobituaries.physicalsciences|title=Clifford Shull|date=April 7, 2001|newspaper=The Guardian|author=Pearce Wright|access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
* May 5 – [[Wang Yinglai]] (b. [[1907 in science|1907]]), [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[biochemist]].
* May 8 – [[William T. Stearn]] (b. 1911), English [[botanist]].
* May 28 – [[Francisco Varela]] (b. 1946), [[Chile]]an [[biologist]] and philosopher.
* June 4 – [[Lu Jiaxi (chemist)|Lu Jiaxi]] (b. [[1915 in science|1915]]), Chinese physical chemist.
* June 18 – [[René Dumont]] (b. [[1904 in science|1904]]), French [[agronomist]].
* June 26 – [[John F. Yardley]] (b. [[1925 in science|1925]]), American aeronautical engineer.
* August 9 – Sir [[Alec Skempton]] (b. [[1914 in science|1914]]), English pioneer of [[soil science]] and engineering historian.
* August 15 – [[Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)|Kateryna Yushchenko]] (b. [[1919 in science|1919]]), Ukrainian computer scientist and academic.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Perevozchikova |first=O. L. |title=Ekaterina Logvinovna Yushchenko |journal=Cybernetics and Systems Analysis |volume=45 |number=6 | year=2009| page=843|doi=10.1007/s10559-009-9161-x |s2cid=116901283 }}</ref>
* August 20 – Sir [[Fred Hoyle]] (b. [[1915 in science|1915]]), English [[astronomer]] and science fiction writer.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Burbidge | first1 = G. | author-link = Geoffrey Burbidge| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2003.0013 | title = Sir Fred Hoyle. 24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001 Elected FRS 1957 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 49 | pages = 213–247 | year = 2003 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* August 31 – [[Doris Calloway]] (Nesheim) (b. [[1923 in science|1923]]), American [[nutritionist]].
* September 2 – [[Christiaan Barnard]] (b. 1922), [[South Africa]]n [[cardiac surgeon]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Autopsy confirms asthma killed Barnard | date= 5 September 2001 | url =http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main_old.php?id=4655&archive=1 | work =[[Cyprus Mail]] | access-date =15 March 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202905/http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main_old.php?id=4655&archive=1 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 27 September 2007}}</ref>
* October 31 – [[Warren Elliot Henry]] (b. 1909), [[African American]] [[physicist]].
* November 30 – [[Robert Tools]] (b. 1942), American first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart, after 151 days without a living heart.
* December 5 – [[Franco Rasetti]] (b. 1901), [[Italian American]] nuclear physicist.
* December 12 – [[Robert Schommer]] (b. 1946), American astronomer.