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Arthur Kantrowitz dies at 95; physicist pioneered rocket nose cones, intra-aorta pumps

Arthur R. Kantrowitz, a physicist and inventor whose research pioneered the development of nose cones for rockets as well as pumps to help failing hearts move blood more effectively, died of heart failure Nov. 29 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He was 95.

By John Johnson Jr.

December 15, 2008

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