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| Peter Agre |
Biologist |
30-Jan-1949 |
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Water channels of cell membranes |
| Sidney Altman |
Chemist |
7-May-1939 |
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Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Philip W. Anderson |
Physicist |
13-Dec-1923 |
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Solid state physics |
| Kenneth J. Arrow |
Economist |
23-Aug-1921 |
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Social Choice and Individual Values |
| David Baltimore |
Biologist |
7-Mar-1938 |
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Co-Discoverer, reverse transcriptase |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Paul Berg |
Chemist |
30-Jun-1926 |
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Pioneer in recombinant DNA |
| Hans Bethe |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1906 |
6-Mar-2005 |
Atomic scientist |
| J. Michael Bishop |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1936 |
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Genetic causes of cancer |
| Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
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Protein signaling in cells |
| Nicolaas Bloembergen |
Physicist |
11-Mar-1920 |
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Nonlinear optics |
| Norman Borlaug |
Scientist |
25-Mar-1914 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Engineered disease-resistant wheat |
| Paul D. Boyer |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1918 |
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ATP process |
| Owen Chamberlain |
Physicist |
10-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2006 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Leon N. Cooper |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1930 |
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BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Elias James Corey |
Chemist |
12-Jul-1928 |
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Retrosynthetic analysis |
| James W. Cronin |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1931 |
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Time not necessarily reversible |
| Johann Deisenhofer |
Chemist |
30-Sep-1943 |
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Proteins of photosynthesis |
| Ann Druyan |
Author |
13-Jun-1949 |
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Co-wrote Cosmos with husband Carl Sagan |
| Renato Dulbecco |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1914 |
20-Feb-2012 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Esther Dyson |
Business |
14-Jul-1951 |
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EDventure Holdings, former ICANN director |
| Paul R. Ehrlich |
Scientist |
29-May-1932 |
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The Population Bomb |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Val Fitch |
Physicist |
10-Mar-1923 |
5-Feb-2015 |
Time not necessarily reversible |
| Jerome I. Friedman |
Physicist |
28-Mar-1930 |
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Verified existence of quarks |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
19-May-2009 |
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Riccardo Giacconi |
Astronomer |
6-Oct-1931 |
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Discovered cosmic X-ray sources |
| S. Malcolm Gillis |
Educator |
28-Dec-1940 |
4-Oct-2015 |
President of Rice University, 1993-2004 |
| Alfred G. Gilman |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1941 |
23-Dec-2015 |
G-protein cell signal transmission |
| Donald A. Glaser |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1926 |
28-Feb-2013 |
Inventor of the bubble chamber |
| Sheldon Glashow |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1932 |
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Electroweak Theory |
| Joseph L. Goldstein |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1940 |
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Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism |
| Leland H. Hartwell |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1939 |
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Regulators of cell cycle |
| Herbert A. Hauptman |
Mathematician |
14-Feb-1917 |
23-Oct-2011 |
X-ray diffraction studies |
| Dudley R. Herschbach |
Chemist |
18-Jun-1932 |
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Crossed molecular beam experiments |
| William A. Higinbotham |
Physicist |
25-Oct-1910 |
10-Nov-1994 |
Physicist, Tennis for Two |
| Roald Hoffmann |
Chemist |
18-Jul-1937 |
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Woodward-Hoffmann reaction |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
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Genetic regulation of organ development |
| David H. Hubel |
Scientist |
27-Feb-1926 |
22-Sep-2013 |
Neurophysiology of vision |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
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Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Jerome Karle |
Chemist |
18-Jun-1918 |
6-Jun-2013 |
X-Ray diffraction studies |
| Wolfgang Ketterle |
Physicist |
21-Oct-1957 |
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Bose-Einstein condensates |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
9-Nov-2011 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Roger D. Kornberg |
Scientist |
24-Apr-1947 |
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Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
21-Dec-2009 |
Protein phosphorylation |
| Willis Lamb |
Physicist |
12-Jul-1913 |
15-May-2008 |
Detailed the hydrogen spectrum |
| Leon M. Lederman |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1922 |
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Researcher of neutrinos |
| William Lipscomb |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1919 |
14-Apr-2011 |
Chemical bonding |
| Roderick MacKinnon |
Biologist |
19-Feb-1956 |
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Ion channels of cell membranes |
| Jessica Tuchman Mathews |
Government |
1946 |
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| Mario J. Molina |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1943 |
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Ozone depletion |
| Ferid Murad |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1936 |
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Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Joseph E. Murray |
Doctor |
1-Apr-1919 |
26-Nov-2012 |
Kidney transplants |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Douglas D. Osheroff |
Physicist |
1-Aug-1945 |
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Superfluidity of helium-3 |
| Arno Penzias |
Astronomer |
26-Apr-1933 |
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Detected primordial radiation |
| Martin L. Perl |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1927 |
30-Sep-2014 |
Discovered the tau lepton |
| Norman F. Ramsey |
Physicist |
27-Aug-1915 |
4-Nov-2011 |
Energy levels of atoms |
| Burton Richter |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1931 |
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Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson |
| Richard J. Roberts |
Scientist |
6-Sep-1943 |
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Eukaryotic (split) genes |
| Jeffrey Sachs |
Economist |
5-Nov-1954 |
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The End of Poverty |
| Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
| Robert Schrieffer |
Physicist |
31-May-1931 |
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BCS Theory of Superconductivity |
| Julian Schwinger |
Physicist |
12-Feb-1918 |
16-Jul-1994 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Phillip A. Sharp |
Biologist |
6-Jun-1944 |
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Eukaryotic (split) genes |
| K. Barry Sharpless |
Chemist |
28-Apr-1941 |
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Chiral catalysts |
| Robert M. Solow |
Economist |
23-Aug-1924 |
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Theory of economic growth |
| Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
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Researcher of neutrinos |
| Joseph Stiglitz |
Economist |
9-Feb-1943 |
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Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank |
| Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1898 |
30-May-1964 |
Nuclear chain reaction |
| E. Donnall Thomas |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1920 |
20-Oct-2012 |
Bone marrow transplants |
| Charles H. Townes |
Physicist |
28-Jul-1915 |
27-Jan-2015 |
Invention of the maser and laser |
| Daniel C. Tsui |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1939 |
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Fractional quantum Hall effect |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| Harold E. Varmus |
Scientist |
18-Dec-1939 |
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Genetic causes of cancer |
| Steven Weinberg |
Physicist |
3-May-1933 |
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Electroweak Theory |
| Eric F. Wieschaus |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1947 |
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Embryonic development of fruit flies |
| Torsten N. Wiesel |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1924 |
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Neurophysiology of vision |
| Frank Wilczek |
Physicist |
15-May-1951 |
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Deep structure of matter |
