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American geneticist who discovered «jumping genes» in maize, and received a solo Nobel Prize decades after her findings were initially met w

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British ethologist who transformed humanity's understanding of chimpanzees by proving they make and use tools, redrawing the line between hu

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Chinese-American physicist whose landmark experiment overturned the assumed law of parity conservation, transforming the understanding of th

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American mathematician whose hand calculations of spacecraft trajectories were trusted by NASA astronauts for missions to orbit and the Moon

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The American astronomer who brought the cosmos to the public through Cosmos, and contributed to the Viking and Voyager missions and the SETI

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The British mathematician who founded theoretical computer science, led the cracking of the Enigma code, and proposed the Turing test for ma

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The British mathematician who wrote the world's first computer algorithm while working with Charles Babbage on the Analytical Engine, and fo

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The German physicist who discovered the quantum nature of energy in 1900, laying the cornerstone of quantum mechanics, a pillar of modern ph

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The New Zealand physicist who discovered the atomic nucleus through his famous gold foil experiment, earning the title father of nuclear phy

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The British biophysicist whose Photo 51 revealed DNA's double-helix structure, later recognized as a symbol of overlooked women in science.

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The English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831, laying the foundation for modern electric generators and

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The Russian chemist who created the periodic table of elements in 1869 and accurately predicted undiscovered elements and their properties.

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