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Olney did research on ALS, and then became a test subject at his own lab.

“Today there is not a physician in the country who does not accept the science Bob Ader set in motion.”

“If you made a list of the most outstanding physicists of the 20th century, he’d be among the leaders.”

What he figured out enabled organ transplants.

“We were witnessing the birth of a new era in endocrinology, one that started with Yalow.”

“I think it’s fair to say that Barry prevented more cancer deaths than any person who’s ever lived.”

A mathematician, Mandelbrot was born in Poland, raised in France, and worked in the U.S. He is known for his “fractal geometry,” which helped conceptualize real-world complexities like the shapes of coastlines, blood vessels, clustered galaxies, and more. Using fractal geometry, computers can simulate the real world more realistically, yet using very simple calculations. Where … Read more

“He went from one area to another, and he’d write a fundamental paper in each.”

Butler founded the National Institute on Aging, and the first Department of Geriatrics at a U.S. medical school.