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Philip James Edwin Peebles

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9.8 Brilliant

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Yakov Zel'dovich

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9.6 Brilliant

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Robert H. Dicke

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9.3 Excellent

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Uros Seljak

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9.3 Excellent

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9.3 Excellent

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9.3 Excellent

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Rashid Sunyaev

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9.2 Excellent

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Georges Lemaître

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9.2 Excellent

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Rashid Alievich Sunyaev

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9.2 Excellent

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9.2 Excellent

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Matias Zaldarriaga

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9.2 Excellent

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J. Richard Bond

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9.2 Excellent

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Simon White

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9.1 Excellent

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David N. Spergel

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9.1 Excellent

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9.1 Excellent

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Robert Dicke

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8.9 Great

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Wendy Laurel Freedman

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8.9 Great

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George Ellis

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8.9 Great

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Volker Springel

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Gillian Wilson

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5.8 Mediocre