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Nobel Prize Scotland Medicine Microbiology

9.1 Excellent

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Physics Academic Theoretical Physics Nobel Prize

8.9 Great

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Physics India Nobel Prize 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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James Watson

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Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Pioneer

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Norman Borlaug

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Germany Physics Nobel Prize 20TH Century

8.5 Great

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Ronald Ross

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Nobel Prize Medicine 20TH Century Historical

7.8 Good

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Research Nobel Prize Medicine Microbiology

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Allan Cormack

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Nobel Prize Italy Medicine 20TH Century

7.4 Good

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Patricia Bath

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Medicine 20TH Century Visionary Pioneering

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Medicine 20TH Century Historical Diagnostic

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