2012 Laureates
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Louis E. Brus, Ph.D. |
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John Chambers |
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Vladimir Vapnik, Ph.D. |
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Lonnie G. Thompson, Ph.D. |
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Ellen Stone Mosley-Thompson, Ph.D. |
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Jerry Nelson, Ph.D. |
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Sean B. Carroll, Ph.D. |
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Zvi Hashin, Ph.D. |
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Rashid Sunyaev, D.Sc. |
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