My unsung software hero is Dr. Jeffrey Lewis Fox (deceased in 1999 at age 51), Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Un

My unsung software hero is Dr. Jeffrey Lewis Fox (deceased in 1999 at age 51), Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah http://pharmacy.utah.edu/pharmaceutics/news/1999.html#fox http://pharmacy.utah.edu/pharmaceutics/news/1999.html#fox He wrote MINSQ (now called Scientist), the only piece of software I have ever fallen in love with. He sold the first version for $10 (if I recall correctly) in 1990. It was so user-friendly that I was using it within 10 mins to solve a system of differential equations that were part of my PhD research. (Unfortunately, I don't find the more recent versions, "updated" by others, anywhere near as user-friendly.) He called his company, at the University of Utah, MicroMath. I assume he used the algorithms from "Numerical Recipes" to write MINSQ - I know that was the alternative facing me till his excellent software appeared. I really think the U of Utah should have kept the rights to the software and maintained it in his honour.