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Hideki Yukawa
1907 – 1981Predicted the meson and the nuclear strong force.
Japan·PhysicsNobel
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
1910 – 1995Worked out at nineteen why some stars must collapse into black holes.
India·Astronomy · Physics · MathematicsNobelFull profile
Abdus Salam
1926 – 1996Unified the electromagnetic and weak forces; first Muslim science laureate.
Pakistan·PhysicsNobel