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News: Arianna Rosenbluth Dies at 93;... (The New York Times) - Behind the headlines

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The New York Times Feb. 9, 2021

Arianna Rosenbluth Dies at 93; Pioneering Figure in Data Science

by Katie Hafner

Dr. Rosenbluth, who received her physics Ph.D. at 21, helped create an algorithm that has became a foundation of understanding huge quantities of data. She died of complications of the coronavirus.

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Science FEB. 2, 2021

Age groups that sustain resurging COVID-19 epidemics in the United States

M Monod et al

Following initial declines, in mid 2020 a resurgence in transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred in the US and Europe. As COVID19 disease control eff …

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