Science/medicine
- Richard Axel (1946–), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
- Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer
- Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine
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“There is more religion in men’s science than there is science in their religion.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)