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Wolfgang Bauer
Wolfgang Bauer (born April 5, 1959) is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He is also an author of the introductory calculus-based physics textbook "University Physics", published by McGraw-Hill in 2010. Wolfgang Bauer obtained his Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from the University of Giessen in 1987.[1] After a p
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David Tudor Jones
David Tudor Jones (born 1966)[1] is a Professor of Bioinformatics, and Head of Bioinformatics Group in the University College London.[2] He is also the director in Bloomsbury Center for Bioinformatics, which is a joint Research Centre between UCL and Birkbeck, University of London and which also provides bioinformatics training and support services to biomedical researchers. In 2013, he is a mem
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Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra (/ˈdiːpɑːk ˈtʃoʊprə/; Hindi: [d̪iːpək tʃoːpraː]; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian-born American author and alternative-medicine advocate.[1][2] A prominent figure in the New Age movement,[3] his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine.[4] Chopra studied medicine in India before emigrating in 1970 to the
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Thomas Henry Flewett
Thomas Henry Flewett, MD, FRCPath, FRCP (29 June 1922 – 12 December 2006) was a founder member (and subsequently Fellow) of the Royal College of Pathologists and was elected (by distinction) a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1978. He was chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Steering Committee on Viral Diarrhoeal Diseases, 1990–3, and a member until 1996. His
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Pandurang Shastri Athavale
Pandurang Shastri Athavale (19 October 1920 – 25 October 2003), also known as Dadaji, which literally translates as "elder brother" in Marathi, was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary,[1] and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar (Swadhyaya Family) in 1954.[2] Swadhyaya is a self-study process based on the Bhagavad Gita which has spread acros
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John G. Trump
John George Trump (August 21, 1907 – February 21, 1985) was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. He was a recipient of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's National Medal of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[1][2][3] John Trump was noted for developing rotational radiation therapy.[1] Together with Robert J. Van de Graaff, he developed one of the firs
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Janet Dean Fodor
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Hemant Mehta
Hemant Mehta (born February 25, 1983) is an American author, blogger, and atheist activist who gained fame for "selling his soul" on eBay.[1] Mehta is a regular speaker at atheist events and has sat on the boards of charitable organizations such as the Secular Student Alliance and the Foundation Beyond Belief. He also runs a blog on Patheos, Friendly Atheist, in which he and his associates publi
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Tom Cotter
Tom Cotter (born 1972) is an American conservationist, entrepreneur, renewable energy advocate, and ordained evangelical minister living in Clovis, California . Tom Cotter grew up in Napa Valley, California , United States . A significant influence was the Boy Scouts of America. In 1988, Cotter was awarded the title of Eagle Scout. In 1997, he was ordained clergy at First Christian Churc
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Leopold Infeld
Leopold Infeld (20 August 1898 – 15 January 1968) was a Poland physicist who worked mainly in Poland and Canada (1938–1950). He was a Rockefeller fellow at Cambridge University (1933–1934) and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1] Leopold Infeld was born into a family of Polish Jews in Kraków, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (it rejoined an independent Poland in 1918)
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