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Born June 27, 1901 • Canton • South Dakota
Died May 20, 1982 (aged 80) • Bethesda • Maryland
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Stephen Hawking
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Alfred Otto Carl Nier
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George Pake
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
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Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
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Hans Bethe.
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Wolfgang Pauli, 1945.
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