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All categories Literature & Letters202 Natural Sciences96 Mathematics & Computing36 Medicine & Healing Traditions99 Engineering & Technology24 Society, Peace & Law42 Economics, Business & Politics52 Music & Visual Arts0

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All disciplines Physics32 Chemistry26 Biology36 Astronomy24 Neuroscience2

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George Washington Carver

1864 – 1943

Crop rotation and peanut science that rescued Southern soil and farmers.

United States·Biology · Chemistry

Carlos Chagas

1879 – 1934

Described a disease, its parasite and its vector single-handedly.

Brazil·Medicine · Biology

Roger J. Williams

1893 – 1988

Discovered pantothenic acid and argued for biochemical individuality — the idea beneath functional medicine.

United States·Nutrition · Chemistry · Functional Medicine