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Linus Pauling 1901–1994Science & MathematicsChemist and peace activist who won two unshared Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Peace.James Hansen b. 1941Science & MathematicsThe NASA climate scientist who told the Senate in 1988 that global warming had begunLeo Szilard 1898–1964Science & MathematicsConceived the nuclear chain reaction, started the American bomb program, then petitioned against using itHans Bethe 1906–2005Science & MathematicsPhysicist who explained stellar energy production and led theoretical work at Los Alamos before becoming a prominent arms-control voice.