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Robert Martin Solovay (born December 15, 1938) is an American mathematician specializing in set theory.
Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes (born 11 July 1924, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, died 8 March 2005, Campinas, São Paulo), also known as Cesar (or César) Lattes, was a Brazilian experimental physicist, one of the discoverers of the pion, a composite sub
Jacob Appelbaum (born 1983) is an American independent journalist, computer security researcher, and hacker. He was employed by the University of Washington, and is a core member of the Tor project, a free software network designed to provide online
Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is a physicist known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics a
Carlos Augusto Peres (born 1963) is a Brazilian field biologist and conservation biologist who works in the Amazon and other neotropical forest regions on questions involving wildlife and biological conservation. His research interests are in the lar
Trevor Kincaid (December 21, 1872 – July 1, 1970) was a Canadian-American scientist and professor at the University of Washington who achieved national acclaim for his scientific achievements while an undergraduate student. Kincaid’s interests rang
Professor Dame Louise Napier Johnson, DBE, FRS (26 September 1940 – 25 September 2012), was a British biochemist and protein crystallographer. She was David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007, a
Lady Noreen Elizabeth Murray (née Parker) (26 February 1935 – 12 May 2011) was an English molecular geneticist who helped develop a vaccine against hepatitis B, the first genetically-engineered vaccine approved for human use. During her career she
Maurício Matos Peixoto, (born April 15, 1921, in Fortaleza, Ceará), is a Brazilian engineer who pursued a bright career as a mathematician. He pioneered the studies on structural stability, and is the author of Peixoto’s theorem.
Leo Picard, also known as Yehudah Leo Picard (Hebrew: יהודה ליאו פיקרד, born 3 June 1900, died 4 April 1997), was an Israeli geologist and an expert in the field of hydrogeology.
Harry ‘Doc’ Kloor is an American scientist and businessman. Kloor was the first (and still the only) person to earn two PhDs simultaneously in two distinct academic disciplines. He holds PhDs in Physics and in Chemistry.
Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is an American astronomer, currently Senior Astronomer and Director, Center for SETI research.