Hubert P. Yockey (April 15, 1916 – January 31, 2016) was an American physicist and information theorist. He worked under Robert Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project, and at the University of California, Berkeley. He studied the application of information theory to problems in biology and published his conclusions in the Journal of Theoretical Biology from 1974 onwards. Yockey was very critical of the primordial soup theory of the origin of life, and believed that "the origin of life is unsolvable as a scientific problem". He died on January 31, 2016, at the age of 99. Publications Hubert P. Yockey Information Theory and Molecular Biology 1992 Cambridge University Press, Hubert P. Yockey, Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life 2005 Cambridge University Press, Trivia Well into his sixties, Yockey organized and led canoe expeditions in the wilderness of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. See also Mathematical and theoretical biology Systems biology Entropy and life References External links Cynthia Yockey's (daughter) blog, who often posts updates on Hubert Yockey Hubert Yockey's website (dormant) 1916 births 2016 deaths American physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society Manhattan Project people