April 25, 2017
April 25, 2017
I met Cyril at the Weizmann Institute in 1977 when I was a postdoc there and perceived him as a very nice guy, even as a friend. Whenever I had any problems, especially in combining the experiments with the PDP9 data acquisition computer and adapting its software, he gave me always very helpful advices. Maybe some of my experiments would even have failed without him. And moreover, I still remember a funny episode when he helped me to fix my car which didn't want to start, causing a flame blazing out of the carburator when he sprayed ignition aid into it... - After a long time we got in touch again in 2015 via facebook. We exchanged a few messages, enjoying to have found each other again. The more sad I was later when I read of his passing away. My best wishes are with his family.