Can you name the Isaac Asimov's 'Isaac winners'?

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  • In 1963 Isaac Asimov published his list of the all-time science greats. He warns us "the choice of nominees is entirely my own and is based on no other authority."
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DateSmart Guy/GalKnown For
287? – 212 B.C.Greek mathematician
384 – 322 B.C.Greek philosopher
1859 – 1927Swedish physicist
1779 – 1848Swedish chemist
1885 – 1962Danish physicist
1627 – 1691Irish-born British physicist and chemist
1892 - 1987French physicist
1862 – 1910Italian chemist
1731 – 1810English physicist and chemist
1473 – 1543Polish astronomer
1916 – 2004English physicist and biochemist
1867 – 1934Polish-French chemist
1769 – 1832French biologist
1766 – 1844English chemist
1809 – 1882English naturalist
1778 – 1829English chemist
1854 – 1915German bacteriologist
1879 – 1955German-Swiss-American physicist
1791 – 1867English chemist and physicist
1901 – 1954Italian-American physicist
1706 – 1790American universal talent
1856 – 1939Austrian neurologist
1564 – 1642Italian astronomer and physicist
1777 – 1855German mathematician and astronomer
1778 – 1850French chemist and physicist
1839 – 1903American physicist and chemist
1656 – 1742English astronomer
1578 – 1657English physiologist
1901 – 1967German physicist
1821 – 1894German physicist and physiologist
1797 – 1878German-English astronomer
1738 – 1822German-English astronomer
1857 – 1894German physicist
2nd century B.C.Greek astronomer
1899 – 1953American astronomer
1726 – 1797Scottish geologist
DateSmart Guy/GalKnown For
1626 – 1695Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer
1829 – 1896German chemist
1571 – 1630German astronomer
1824 – 1907Scottish physicist
1824 – 1887German physicist
1843 – 1910German bacteriologist
1749 – 1827French mathematician
1743 – 1794French chemist
1901 – 1958American physicist
1811 – 1877French astronomer
1803 – 1873German chemist
1707 – 1778Swedish botanist
1831 - 1879Scottish physicist
1822 – 1884Austrian botanist
1834 – 1907Russian chemist
1852 – 1931German-American physicist
1887 – 1915English physicist
1642 – 1727English physicist and mathematician
1853 – 1932German physical chemist
1822 – 1895French chemist
1901 - 1994American chemist
1838 – 1907English chemist
1858 – 1947German physicist
1733 – 1804English chemist
1845 - 1923German physicist
1871 – 1937New Zealand-born British physicist
1742 – 1786German-Swedish chemist
1810 – 1882German zoologist
1877 – 1956English chemist
640? – 546 B.C.Greek philosopher
1856 – 1940English physicist
1852 – 1911Dutch physical chemist
1514 – 1564Belgian anatomist
1821 – 1902German pathologist
1745 – 1827Italian physicist
1800 – 1882German chemist
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Isaac Winners Quiz

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