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Also Known As Lene Vestergaard Hau
Born November 13, 1959 (age 67) ā€¢ Vejle ā€¢ Denmark ā€¢ (Born on this day)
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Joseph H. Taylor, Jr.
American astronomer
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David Gross
American physicist
Neils Bohr
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist
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Aage N. Bohr
Danish physicist
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Hans Christian Ƙrsted
Danish physicist and chemist
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Ben Roy Mottelson
Danish physicist
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Erasmus Bartholin
Danish physician and physicist
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ArsĆØne dā€™Arsonval
French physician and physicist
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Alfred Otto Carl Nier
American physicist
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William Penney
British scientist
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George Pake
American physicist
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
English physicist and mathematician
Portrait of Albert Einstein in a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
British physicist and chemist
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
British physicist
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
Max Planck
Max Planck
German physicist

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