“One counter [in the kitchen labspace]was his electronics bench, with an oscilloscope, a pair of waveform generators, a spectrum analyzer and a tray of voltage dividers looped to each other and to a soldering station with a maze of cables. Everything had its place here apart from the kitchen stuff; but he died, and lunched too, mostly on red wine, ready meals and chocolate. Fruit and veg he disdained. He lived very healthy on a diet of curiosity, hard work and endless ideas.”
Note: Cyril Hilsum, the physicist who invented liquid–crystal displays, died on September 23, aged 101.
—The Economist (October 10, 2026)