swap_horiz Selman Waksman Alternatives

1

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist whose accidental observation led to the discovery of penicillin in 1928....

Nobel Prize Scotland Medicine Microbiology

9.1 Excellent

2

John Bardeen

John Bardeen was a pioneering American physicist whose work fundamentally shaped modern electronics and our understandin...

Physics Academic Nobel Prize Innovative

9.0 Excellent

3

Claude Shannon

Claude Shannon was an American mathematician whose pioneering work established information theory in the 20th century. H...

Classic Academic Mathematics Computer Science

9.0 Excellent

4

Murray Gell-Mann

Murray Gell-Mann was a pioneering American physicist whose theoretical work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of...

Physics Academic Theoretical Physics Nobel Prize

8.9 Great

5

Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich was a German physician and researcher whose work profoundly shaped modern medicine. He pioneered chemothera...

Germany Nobel Prize Medicine Researcher

8.3 Great

6

Arno Penzias

Arno Penzias was a pioneering United States physicist whose work fundamentally shaped our understanding of the universe....

Physics Nobel Prize Cosmology Discovery

8.0 Great

7

Paul Berg

Paul Berg was a pioneering American biochemist whose work fundamentally shaped modern biology. He developed techniques f...

Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century Biochemistry

7.9 Good

8

Gertrude Elion

Gertrude Elion was a pioneering American biochemist whose work revolutionized medicine. Utilizing rational drug design –...

Nobel Prize Medicine Therapeutic 20TH Century

7.9 Good

9

Philip Anderson

Philip Anderson was a pioneering American theoretical physicist whose work fundamentally shaped our understanding of com...

Physics Complex Academic Nobel Prize

7.9 Good

10

Stanley Prusiner

Stanley Prusiner was a pioneering American neurologist whose research fundamentally changed our understanding of disease...

Nobel Prize Medicine Discovery Researcher

7.8 Good

11

David Baltimore

David Baltimore was a pioneering American biologist whose research fundamentally altered our knowledge of viruses and mo...

Research Academic Nobel Prize Biology

7.8 Good

12

Oswald Avery

Oswald Avery was a pioneering United States biologist whose research significantly advanced our understanding of heredit...

Research Academic Biology Discovery

7.8 Good

13

Rosalyn Yalow

Rosalyn Yalow was a pioneering American biophysicist whose research fundamentally changed our understanding of hormone m...

Nobel Prize Medicine 20TH Century Biography

7.7 Good

14

Allan Cormack

Allan Cormack was a pioneering physicist whose mathematical work fundamentally shaped computed tomography technology. Hi...

South Africa Engineering Physics Mathematics

7.6 Good

15

Max Delbruck

Max Delbruck was a German-American biophysicist whose pioneering work fundamentally shaped our understanding of viruses....

Germany Nobel Prize Biology 20TH Century

7.6 Good

16

Joshua Lederberg

Joshua Lederberg was a pioneering American molecular biologist whose research fundamentally shaped our understanding of...

Research Academic Nobel Prize Biology

7.6 Good

17

George Beadle

George Beadle was a pioneering American biologist whose work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of genetics. He de...

Nobel Prize Biology Discovery 20TH Century

7.5 Good

18

Stanley Cohen

Stanley Cohen was a pioneering American biochemist whose research fundamentally shaped our understanding of cellular bio...

Research Nobel Prize Biology Discovery

7.4 Good

19

Helen Taussig

Helen Taussig was a pioneering American physician whose work fundamentally reshaped the treatment of congenital heart di...

Medicine Innovative 20TH Century Historical

7.2 Good

20

Henry Taube

Henry Taube was a pioneering 20th-century chemist recognized for his groundbreaking research into electron transfer mech...

Research Nobel Prize Chemistry Canada

7.1 Good