Bak is survived by his second wife , Maya Paczuski , a fellow physicist at Imperial College with whom he has coauthored papers , and his four children .
In 2001 , Bak learned that he had myelodysplastic syndrome and died from it the following year .
Bak is survived by Bak 's second wife , Maya Paczuski , a fellow physicist at Imperial College with whom he has coauthored papers , and his four children .
In 2001 , Bak learned that he had myelodysplastic syndrome and died from it the following year .