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Researchers, physicians and mathematicians who worked out how the world and the body behave.
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Earth Scientist 5
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James Hansen b. 1941Science & MathematicsThe NASA climate scientist who told the Senate in 1988 that global warming had begun
Charles Richter 1900–1985Science & MathematicsCreator of the earthquake magnitude scale
Charles David Keeling 1928–2005Science & MathematicsMeasured atmospheric carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa from 1958 until his death, producing the Keeling Curve.
Marie Tharp 1920–2006Science & MathematicsMapped the ocean floor by hand and found the Mid-Atlantic rift valley
Roger Revelle 1909–1991Science & MathematicsOceanographer and early scientist of human-caused global warming