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J. J. Thomson

J. J. Thomson was a British physicist instrumental in developing atomic theory. His experiments with cathode rays led to...

Physics Academic England Nobel Prize

8.9 Excellent

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish physician and scientist whose groundbreaking research fundamentally changed our und...

Detailed Academic Spain Nobel Prize

8.7 Excellent

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan was an American geneticist whose meticulous research on *Drosophila* (fruit flies) fundamentally resh...

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8.5 Excellent

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Ivan Pavlov

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Russia Academic Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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Henri Becquerel

French physicist who discovered natural radioactivity while studying uranium salts. He shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Ph...

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Emil Fischer

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Eric Kandel

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Sydney Brenner

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Klaus von Klitzing

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Frederick Gowland Hopkins

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Robert Millikan

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Brenda Milner

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Roger Sperry

American neuroscientist who studied the divided brain and revealed the specialized functions of its two hemispheres. He...

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Carlo Rubbia

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Physics Complex Academic Nobel Prize

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Alan Hodgkin

English physiologist who explained the electrical basis of nerve impulses. He shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology...

Detailed England Nobel Prize 20TH Century

7.7 Very Good

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Lord Rayleigh

English physicist who co-discovered argon and explained why the sky is blue. He won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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7.7 Very Good

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John Eccles

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Academic Australia Nobel Prize 20TH Century

7.5 Very Good

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Otto Loewi

German pharmacologist who demonstrated that nerves communicate using chemical messengers. He shared the 1936 Nobel Prize...

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7.5 Very Good

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Bernard Katz

German British biophysicist who explained how nerve cells release chemical messengers in discrete packets. He shared the...

Detailed Academic Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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Henry Dale

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Academic England Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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