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Daniel Dennett, fiery atheist philosopher who saw human brains as 'programmes' – obituary

He regarded everything from the ‘genius’ of JS Bach to religious ideas as the product of Darwinian evolutionary processes ....

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Frans de Waal, primatologist who argued that apes have culture, shame and gender roles – obituary

‘Monkeys mimicked the sex-linked preferences of human children. Cars, trucks and balls were chosen more by males; females preferred dolls’ ....

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Don Walsh, American submariner who made the first dive to the bottom of the Marianas Trench – obituary

In 1960, with Jacques Piccard, he descended to the deepest point on earth, under such pressure that their Plexiglas window cracked ....

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Ken Mattingly, astronaut bumped from Apollo 13 who performed a space walk on Apollo 16 – obituary

Mattingly’s removal from the crew of Apollo 13, as it was feared he had measles, and his part in their survival featured in the 1995 film ....

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Derek Clayton, Kew botanist who catalogued the world's grasses – obituary

He overhauled our understanding of the grass family (which includes wheat, rice and maize) more profoundly than anyone since the 1880s ....

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