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Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
cosmologist, astrophysicist, planetary scientist, space scientist, science communicator, astronomer, physicist, naturalist, television presenter
- University of Chicago
Brian Greene (born 1963)
physicist, professor, actor, theoretical physicist, mathematician
- University of Oxford, Harvard University
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Richard Dawkins (born 1941)
evolutionary biologist, ethologist, science communicator, essayist, theoretical biologist, epistemologist, sociobiologist, biologist, zoologist, actor, geneticist
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Steven Pinker (born 1954)
psychologist, linguist, anthropologist, philosopher, evolutionary psychologist, experimental psychologist
- Dawson College, McGill University
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, inventor, astrologer, polymath, scientist, engineer
- University of Pisa
Douglas Hofstadtesr (born 1945)
philosopher, computer scientist, physicist
- Stanford University, University of Oregon
Peter D. Ward (born 1949)
paleontologist, academic