Heinz Wolff, Great Egg Race presenter and scientist, dies
Heinz Wolff, Great Egg Race presenter and scientist, dies
Renowned scientist and television presenter Heinz Wolff has died, aged 89.
The German-born inventor, famed for hosting BBC Two's long-running science show The Great Egg Race, died of heart failure on December 15, his family said in a statement.
A former advisor to the European Space Agency, he later moved to London's Brunel University.
Brunel colleagues described him as an "inventive and inspirational leader".
A Jewish refugee, Wolff moved to the UK from Berlin aged 11 on the day World War Two broke out in September 1939.
He went on to graduate from University College London with a first-class honours degree in physiology and physics.
source-bbc
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