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Modern Cosmology Nobel Cmb

9.82 Brilliant

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Cecilia Payne

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Historical British Spectroscopy Stellar

9.65 Brilliant

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Yakov Zel'dovich

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Cosmology Soviet Twentieth Century Large Scale Structure

9.55 Brilliant

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Edmund Halley

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British Comets Proper Motion 17TH 18TH Century

9.48 Excellent

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Historical British Galaxies Spectroscopy

9.35 Excellent

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Hannes Alfvén

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Cosmology 20TH Century Plasma Physics

9.31 Excellent

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Uros Seljak

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Contemporary Cosmology Theoretical Cmb

9.28 Excellent

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Alexandre Friedmann

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Russian Cosmology General Relativity Early 20TH

9.27 Excellent

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Robert H. Dicke

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American Cosmology Historical Cmb

9.25 Excellent

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Contemporary Cosmology Theoretical Cmb

9.23 Excellent

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Contemporary Cosmology Canadian Theoretical

9.21 Excellent

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Simon White

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Modern Cosmology British Simulations

9.05 Excellent

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Antony Lewis

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Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

8.84 Great

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Andrew Liddle

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Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

8.08 Great

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Cosmology British Current Cmb

8.05 Great

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Contemporary British Theoretical Cmb

8.03 Great

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David Wands

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Contemporary Cosmology British Theoretical

7.99 Good

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Modern Cosmology British Gravitational Lensing

7.91 Good

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Paul Davies

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7.37 Good

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Contemporary Cosmology British Galaxy Evolution

6.44 Fair