Hubert Yockey

Hubert P. Yockey
Hubert P. Yockey
Born	Hubert Palmer Yockey; April 15, 1916; Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	January 31, 2016 (aged 99); Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (A.B., Ph.D.)
Spouse	Mary Ann Leach (m. 1946; died 2006)
	Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics; Information theory; Bioinformatics;
Institutions	Radiation Lab, Berkeley; North American Aviation; General Dynamics; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Aberdeen Proving Ground;

Hubert Palmer Yockey (April 15, 1916 – January 31, 2016) was an American physicist and information theorist.^[1]^[2] He worked under Robert Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project, and at the University of California, Berkeley.^[3]

Personal life

Yockey attended the University of California, Berkeley where he was awarded a bachelors in 1938 and a Ph.D. in 1942.^[2] In 1946 he married Mary Ann Leach.^[4]

Career

He studied the application of information theory to problems in biology and published his conclusions in the Journal of Theoretical Biology from 1974 onwards. Yockey was very critical of the primordial soup theory of the origin of life, and believed that "the origin of life is unsolvable as a scientific problem".^{[citation needed]} Yockey's work on biology was strongly criticized as "deeply flawed either mathematically, or by the use of inappropriate biological assumptions, or both."^[5]

Death

His wife Mary died in 2006.^[6]^[1] Yockey died on January 31, 2016, at the age of 99.^[1]

Publications

Hubert P. Yockey Information Theory and Molecular Biology 1992 Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521350051
Hubert P. Yockey, Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life 2005 Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80293-8
Yockey HP. (1981). "Self organization origin of life scenarios and information theory". J Theor Biol. 91 (1): 13–31. Bibcode:1981JThBi..91...13Y. doi:10.1016/0022-5193(81)90370-2. PMID 7300380.
Yockey, Hubert; Platzman, Robert; Quastler, Henry, eds. (1958). Symposium on Information Theory in Biology. Pergamon Press.

References

1 2 3 "Dr. Hubert Yockey of Bel Air, Director of APG Reactor; Manhattan Project Nuclear Physicist, Dies at 99". The Dagger. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
1 2 Moy, Tracie, ed. (2016). "Yockey, Hubert Palmer". American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Vol. 16 (34th ed.). Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale. p. 10378. ISBN 978-1-57302-866-0. ISSN 0000-1287. OCLC 951551690.
↑ "Hubert P. Yockey - Atomic Heritage Foundation". National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
↑ "Atom Bomb Romance Leads to Altar". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, CA. July 11, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Adami, Christoph (2006). "Review of "Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life" by Hubert P. Yockey". Quarterly Review of Biology. 81: 62.
↑ "Mary Ann Yockey Obituary". Tribute Archive. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

External links

Hubert Yockey's website (dormant)

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 "Dr. Hubert Yockey of Bel Air, Director of APG Reactor; Manhattan Project Nuclear Physicist, Dies at 99". The Dagger. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

[:1-2] 1 2 Moy, Tracie, ed. (2016). "Yockey, Hubert Palmer". American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Vol. 16 (34th ed.). Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale. p. 10378. ISBN 978-1-57302-866-0. ISSN 0000-1287. OCLC 951551690.

[3] "Hubert P. Yockey - Atomic Heritage Foundation". National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. Retrieved July 21, 2026.

[4] "Atom Bomb Romance Leads to Altar". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, CA. July 11, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] Adami, Christoph (2006). "Review of "Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life" by Hubert P. Yockey". Quarterly Review of Biology. 81: 62.

[6] "Mary Ann Yockey Obituary". Tribute Archive. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

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