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1
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
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2
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3
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Physicist
4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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11
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
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Murray Gell-mann (1929-2019)
13
Samuel Cohen (1921-2010)
14
Tom Banks, 75
15
Ralph Randles Stewart (1890-1993)
Botanist
16
John Fenn (1917-2010)
17
Marvin Harris (1927-2001)
18
Brian Greene, 62
19
Andrea Ghez, 59
20
William T. Kane (1932-2008)
21
Ruth Benedict (1887-1948)
22
Asa Gray (1810-1888)
23
Lawrence Krauss, 70
24
Born in New York
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Steve Fuller, 65
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25
Paul Berg (1926-2023)
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27
Eric Jacobsen, 65
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Irwin Rose (1926-2015)
29
Gertrude B. Elion (1918-1999)
Pharmacologist
30
Bob Brier, 81
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31
William Beebe (1877-1962)
32
Richard Axel, 78
33
Michael Hart, 92
34
Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892-1953)
35
Roy J. Glauber (1925-2018)
36
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37
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38
Carl Woese (1928-2012)
39
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40
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41
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42
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43
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44
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45
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46
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47
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48
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