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All-time leader50.9Rachel Carson
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Howard Hughes

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Rachel Carson

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1st50.9 · mom 8

Wernher von Braun

Scientists

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Rachel Carson leads this board.

All-time score 50.9, ahead of Howard Hughes by 0.6.

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  1. 4thEdward TellerScientists48.3
  2. 5thJohn BardeenScientists47.5
  3. 6thHans BetheScientists47.3
  4. 7thAlbert HofmannScientists47.2
  5. 8thWilliam Bradford ShockleyScientists47.1
  6. 9thJonas SalkScientists46.2
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10th, risingLev LandauScientists · 1908-1968Scientists46.1mom 2311th, stableMikhail BotvinnikScientists · 1911-1995Scientists45.5mom 212th, fallingWolfgang PaulScientists · 1913-1993GermanyGermanyScientists44.7mom 013th, stableSergei KorolevScientists · 1906-1966Scientists42.1mom 014th, fallingKonrad ZuseScientists · 1910-1995GermanyGermanyScientists39.2mom 015th, stableOtto SkorzenyScientists · 1908-1975AustriaAustriaScientists39.1mom 416th, fallingNorman BorlaugScientists · 1914-2009United StatesUnited StatesScientists38.9mom 117th, fallingChien-Shiung WuScientists · 1912-1997United StatesUnited StatesScientists38.0mom 018th, fallingUlf Svante von Euler-ChelpinScientists · 1905-1983SwedenSwedenScientists36.2mom 019th, stableValentin GlushkoScientists · 1908-1989Scientists35.9mom 020th, risingLeo FenderScientists · 1909-1991United StatesUnited StatesScientists35.8mom 721st, fallingArtem MikoyanScientists · 1905-1970Scientists35.7mom 0

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