Panofsky obit

I confess that I didn't know anything about Erwin Panofsky's sons, eminent though they were:

Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, a particle physicist and an adviser on arms control in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who promoted stronger scientific ties to Russia and China as a deterrent to nuclear war, died Monday in Mountain View, Calif. He was 88. . .

Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky was born in Berlin. He was the son of Erwin Panofsky, a polymath and authority on Dutch painting who was a professor of art history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.

Dr. Panofsky's brother, Hans, who died in 1988, also was a prominent scientist and studied air turbulence, climatic change and atmospheric circulation.

From the New York Times. Odd characterization of Erwin Panofsky, however: his fame rests on his work on iconography. Wikipedia entry here.

Posted by David on October 1, 2007 9:58 PM