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Richard Feynman

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Iconic Physics Theoretical Physics Nobel Prize

9.4 Excellent

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John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes was a prominent British economist who significantly impacted the study of economics during the 20th...

Classic Academic Economics Intellectual

9.0 Excellent

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Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg was a prominent American theoretical physicist whose work fundamentally advanced our understanding of pa...

Physics Academic Nobel Prize Science

8.8 Great

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James Watson

James Watson was a prominent American molecular biologist instrumental in advancing our understanding of genetics. His c...

Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Pioneer

8.8 Great

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Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer was a prominent 20th-century American theoretical physicist. He directed the Los Alamos Laboratory, o...

Physics Complex Intellectual 20TH Century

8.6 Great

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John Nash

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Mathematics Nobel Prize Economics Intellectual

8.6 Great

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Norman Borlaug

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Nobel Prize Agriculture 20TH Century Historical

8.6 Great

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Kenneth Arrow

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Academic Nobel Prize Economics 20TH Century

8.4 Great

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Amartya Sen

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Academic India Nobel Prize Economics

8.4 Great

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Friedrich Hayek

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Austria Nobel Prize Economics Intellectual

8.4 Great

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Theodosius Dobzhansky

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Academic Biology Evolution Intellectual

8.3 Great

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Arthur Compton

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Physics American Quantum Theory Nobel Prize

8.2 Great

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Glenn Seaborg

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Academic Nobel Prize Chemistry 20TH Century

8.2 Great

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Herbert Simon

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Classic Nobel Prize Computer Science Economics

8.2 Great

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Marshall Nirenberg

Marshall Nirenberg was a pioneering American biochemist whose research fundamentally shaped our understanding of biology...

Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Pioneer

8.1 Great

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Gerty Cori

Gerty Cori was a pioneering biochemist whose research fundamentally advanced our understanding of carbohydrate metabolis...

Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Pioneer

8.1 Great

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Willard Libby

Willard Libby was an American chemist whose groundbreaking work revolutionized scientific understanding. He pioneered ra...

Nobel Prize Chemistry Innovative 20TH Century

8.0 Great

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Albert Michelson

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Physics Optics Nobel Prize 20TH Century

8.0 Great

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Robert Millikan

Robert Millikan was an American physicist renowned for his meticulous experimental work on determining the elementary el...

Classical Physics Nobel Prize 20TH Century

7.9 Good

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Robert Woodward

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Organic Academic Nobel Prize Chemistry

7.9 Good