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Activists in Science & Medicine

149 people, across 9 fields.

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 itMary Lasker 1900–1994Medicine & Public HealthTurned advertising method into a lobbying machine and built federal funding for medical research.Hans Bethe 1906–2005Science & MathematicsPhysicist who explained stellar energy production and led theoretical work at Los Alamos before becoming a prominent arms-control voice.Alice Hamilton 1869–1970Medicine & Public HealthFounded American industrial toxicology and documented workplace lead and chemical poisoning.