Editing 2002 in science (section)

==Deaths==
* January 8 – [[Alexander Prokhorov]] (b. [[1916 in science|1916]]), [[physicist]].
* February 6 – [[Max Perutz]] (b. [[1914 in science|1914]]), [[biologist]].
* February 10 – [[Harold Furth]] (b. [[1930 in science|1930]]), expert in [[plasma physics]] and [[nuclear fusion]].
* February 24 – [[David Hawkins (philosopher)|David Hawkins]] (b. [[1913 in science|1913]]), philosopher of science and mathematics and science educator.
* February 26 – [[Helen Megaw]] (b. [[1907 in science|1907]]), [[X-ray crystallography|crystallographer]].
* March 3 – [[Roy Porter]] (b. [[1946 in science|1946]]), [[medical historian]].
* April 9 – [[Leopold Vietoris]] (b. [[1891 in science|1891]]), [[mathematician]].
* April 18 – [[Thor Heyerdahl]] (b. [[1914 in science|1914]]), explorer, led the ''[[Kon-Tiki]]'' expedition.
* May 2 – [[W. T. Tutte]] (b. [[1917 in science|1917]]), mathematician and [[cryptanalyst]].
* May 20 – [[Stephen Jay Gould]] (b. [[1941 in science|1941]]), [[paleontologist]]/[[evolutionist]].
* June 20 – [[Erwin Chargaff]] (b. [[1905 in science|1905]]), [[biochemist]].
* June 29 – [[Ole-Johan Dahl]] (b. [[1931 in science|1931]]), [[computer scientist]], invented concepts in [[object-oriented programming]].
* June 30 – [[W. Maxwell Cowan]] (b. 1931), [[neuroanatomist]].
* July 4 – [[Laurent Schwartz]] (b. [[1915 in science|1915]]), [[mathematician]].
* August 6 – [[Edsger Dijkstra]] (b. [[1930 in science|1930]]), computer scientist.
* August 31 – [[George Porter]] (b. [[1920 in science|1920]]), [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate in chemistry]].
* September 6 – [[Orvan Hess]] (b. [[1906 in science|1906]]), [[obstetrician]].
* September 21 – [[Robert Lull Forward]] (b. [[1932 in science|1932]]), [[science fiction]] author and physicist.
* September 29 – [[Giuliana Tesoro]] (b. [[1921 in science|1921]]), Italian-American [[organic chemist]]
* October 18 – [[Nikolai Rukavishnikov]] (b. 1932), [[Astronaut|cosmonaut]].
* November 2 – [[Charles Sheffield]] (b. [[1935 in science|1935]]), science fiction author and physicist.
* November 11 – [[Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind]] (b. [[1901 in science|1901]]), neurologist and psychiatrist.