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1. Carl Sagan

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2. Stephen Hawking

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3. Robert Burnham

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4. Terence Dickinson

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6. David H. Levy

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7. Brian Greene

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8. Kenneth Glyn Jones

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11. Martin J. Rees

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14. Jay M. Pasachoff

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16. R. Newton Mayall

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18. Mary Roach

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20. Arthur P. Norton

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21. Michio Kaku

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22. Richard Hinckley Allen

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23. Herbert Spencer Zim

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24. H. A. Rey

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25. Richard P. Feynman

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26. Isaac Asimov

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27. Roy A. Gallant

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28. James Muirden

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31. J. Kelly Beatty

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41. John Daintith

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42. Simon Singh

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43. Roger Penrose

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44. Steven L. Beyer

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46. David J. Carter

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48. Chris Pellant

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49. Mark O'Shea

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50. Lloyd Motz

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