1986年7月29日中国核武器研究著名专家邓稼先在北京不幸病逝,终年62岁。同年8月4日美国《纽约时报》(New York Times)在“讣闻专栏”(Obituaries) 报道了邓稼先在北京病逝的消息,全文如下:
Deng Jiaxian, China Scientist; Developed Nuclear Weapons
(Published: August 4, 1986)
PEKING, Aug. 3— Deng Jiaxian, a physicist educated in the United Sates who was instrumental in developing China's atomic and hydrogen bombs, has died of cancer, the official New China News Agency reported Sunday. He was 62 years old.
The press agency said Mr. Deng, who died Tuesday, was honored today in Peking at a memorial ceremony attended by several Chinese leaders, including Premier Zhao Ziyang and Defense Minister Zhang Aiping.
At the service, Mr. Zhao described Mr. Deng as ''the pride of the Chinese scientists and technologists.''
Mr. Deng, who was born in the southern province of Anhui in 1924, graduated from the physics department of China's Southwest Associated University in 1945.
In 1948, he went to the United States to study and received a doctorate in physics, the New China News Agency said. It did not say where he studied in the United States. He returned to China in 1950 and did pioneering work in China's nuclear theoretical research.