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Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford was a pioneering 20th-century physicist born in New Zealand. His groundbreaking experiments with alpha...

Physics New Zealand Nobel Prize 20TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Wilhelm Rontgen

Wilhelm Rontgen was a German physicist whose accidental observation of X-rays revolutionized science and medicine. In 18...

Germany Physics Nobel Prize 20TH Century

8.9 Great

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Alfred Wegener

Alfred Wegener was a German geophysicist whose work fundamentally shaped our understanding of Earth’s processes. He prop...

Germany Academic Geology 20TH Century

8.4 Great

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Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish was an 18th-century English scientist whose meticulous experimentation fundamentally advanced our unders...

18TH Century Physics England Chemistry

8.3 Great

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Paul Ehrlich

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8.3 Great

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Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner was an Austrian physician whose groundbreaking research revolutionized medicine. He identified and clas...

Austria Nobel Prize Medicine 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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C. V. Raman

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Physics Academic India Optics

8.2 Great

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Charles Keeling

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8.1 Great

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Willard Libby

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8.0 Great

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Hans Krebs

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8.0 Great

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Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Frederick Gowland Hopkins was a pioneering 20th-century British biologist and biochemist. His research fundamentally shi...

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7.9 Good

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Wallace Broecker

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7.9 Good

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Selman Waksman

Selman Waksman was a Ukrainian-American microbiologist whose research fundamentally shaped modern medicine. His discover...

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7.8 Good

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Fred Hoyle

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Astronomy Controversial England 20TH Century

7.8 Good

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William Ramsay

William Ramsay was a Scottish chemist whose groundbreaking experimental work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of...

Nobel Prize Chemistry Scotland Discovery

7.8 Good

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was a Hungarian biochemist whose research fundamentally shaped our understanding of vitamins and me...

Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Pioneer

7.7 Good

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Paul Crutzen

Paul Crutzen was a Dutch atmospheric chemist whose research fundamentally shaped our understanding of the atmosphere. No...

Academic Nobel Prize Chemistry 20TH Century

7.7 Good

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Karl von Frisch

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Austria Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century

7.6 Good

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Pyotr Kapitsa

Pyotr Kapitsa was a Soviet physicist renowned for his groundbreaking research into condensed matter physics. His experim...

Physics Nobel Prize 20TH Century Historical

7.6 Good

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Margaret Hamilton

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7.5 Good