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Philip James Edwin Peebles

Known professionally as Jim or James Peebles, Philip James Edwin Peebles is a theoretical physicist whose work helped es...

Modern Cosmology Nobel Cmb

9.82 Brilliant

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Yakov Zel'dovich

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (1914-1987) was a Soviet physicist whose work extended from physical chemistry and nuclear p...

Cosmology Soviet Twentieth Century Large Scale Structure

9.55 Brilliant

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Bernard Paczynski

Bohdan Paczyński was a prominent Polish astrophysicist who made major contributions to the study of stellar evolution, p...

Historical Theoretical Stellar Gravitational Lensing

9.47 Excellent

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Hannes Alfvén

Hannes Alfvén was a Swedish plasma physicist and electrical engineer who made foundational contributions to the field of...

Cosmology 20TH Century Plasma Physics

9.31 Excellent

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Uros Seljak

Uroš Seljak is a Slovenian-American cosmologist who has made significant contributions to the understanding of cosmic mi...

Contemporary Cosmology Theoretical Cmb

9.28 Excellent

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Matias Zaldarriaga

Matias Zaldarriaga is a prominent Argentine-American theoretical astrophysicist specializing in cosmology. He is a profe...

Contemporary Cosmology Theoretical Cmb

9.23 Excellent

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J. Richard Bond

J. Richard Bond is a Canadian theoretical cosmologist and professor at the University of Toronto. He has contributed to...

Contemporary Cosmology Canadian Theoretical

9.21 Excellent

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Antony Lewis

Antony Lewis is a cosmologist and professor at the University of Sussex. He developed CAMB (Code for Anisotropies in the...

Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

8.84 Great

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Kendrick Smith

Kendrick Smith is a Canadian theoretical astrophysicist at the Perimeter Institute known for his influential research on...

Contemporary Cosmology Canadian Theoretical

8.68 Great

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Martin Haehnelt

Martin Haehnelt is a German cosmologist and astrophysicist known for research on the intergalactic medium, cosmic reioni...

German Contemporary Cosmology Theoretical

8.28 Great

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Andrew Liddle

Andrew Liddle is a British theoretical cosmologist and a professor at the University of Sussex. He is recognized for his...

Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

8.08 Great

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David Wands

David Wands is a British cosmologist and professor at the University of Portsmouth, where he is associated with the Inst...

Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

7.99 Good

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Allan Rex Sandage

Allan Rex Sandage was an American observational astronomer who took over Edwin Hubble's cosmological research program at...

American Cosmology Observational Mid 20TH Century

7.92 Good

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Lyman Spitzer Jr.

Lyman Spitzer Jr. was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer whose work contributed to plasma physics, stellar...

American Theoretical Mid 20TH Century Ism

7.84 Good

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Viktor Ambartsumian

Viktor Ambartsumian was a Soviet Armenian astrophysicist who lived from 1908 to 1996 and became a major figure in twenti...

Theoretical Galactic Mid 20TH Century Soviet Armenian

7.48 Good

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Jayant Narlikar

Jayant Narlikar is an Indian astrophysicist who collaborated with Fred Hoyle on conformal gravity theories and alternati...

Cosmology Indian Theoretical Late 20TH 21ST

7.41 Good

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Iosif Shklovsky

Iosif Shklovsky (1916–1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist who made significant contributions to theoretical...

Theoretical Soviet Radio Astronomy Cosmic Rays

7.37 Good

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Paul Davies

Paul Davies is a British-born theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who has written extensively on quantum grav...

Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

7.37 Good

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Willem de Sitter

Willem de Sitter (1872-1934) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician who made significant contributions to modern cosmo...

Relativity Cosmology Early 20TH Century Dutch

7.19 Good

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Nikolai Kardashev

Nikolai Kardashev was a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist who made foundational contributions to the fields of experimen...

Theoretical Soviet Radio Astronomy Seti

6.73 Fair