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Researchers, physicians and mathematicians who worked out how the world and the body behave.
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Physician 29
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Chemist 17
Public Health Leader 12
Astronomer 11
Author 11
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Inventor 9
Mathematician 7
Activist 6
Earth Scientist 5
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Richard Feynman 1918–1988Science & MathematicsTheoretical physicist known for his work in quantum mechanics and his accessible teaching style.
Elizabeth Blackwell 1821–1910Medicine & Public HealthFirst woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer of women’s medical education.
Robert Millikan 1868–1953Science & MathematicsMeasuring the charge of the electronVivien Thomas 1910–1985Medicine & Public HealthDevised the blue-baby heart operation without a medical degree, and went unnamed on the paper.
William Osler 1849–1919Medicine & Public HealthBuilt bedside clinical teaching into American medical education as a founding Johns Hopkins professor.
Mildred Dresselhaus 1930–2017Science & MathematicsCarbon nanoscience, nanotubes and low-dimensional thermoelectrics
Roger Revelle 1909–1991Science & MathematicsOceanographer and early scientist of human-caused global warming
Martin Seligman b. 1942Medicine & Public HealthLearned helplessness and the founding of positive psychology
William Stewart Halsted 1852–1922Medicine & Public HealthEstablished aseptic surgical technique and the American surgical residency training system.
Maria Mitchell 1818–1889Science & MathematicsFirst American woman professional astronomer who discovered a comet and taught at Vassar College.