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A Cornell scientist with this surname led the development of the PL/C dialect of the PL/I programming language, and has the first name Richard. An informal law named for a person with this surname says that system designs tend to mirror the organizational structure of the designers. The “revolution” in using VLSI to make integrated circuits was due to Carver Mead and a scientist with this surname. (15[1])A list of fourteen fractions amazingly encodes a program that generates prime numbers in the esoteric language (*) FRACTRAN, created (10[1])by a person with this surname. After she revealed her intent to transition gender, IBM fired a scientist with this surname and first name Lynn. A (10[1])dead cell next to exactly three live cells becomes a live cell (10[2])in the next generation in a system created by a person with this surname. For 10 points, give this surname of the scientist who introduced a cellular automaton called the Game of Life. ■END■

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