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CSICOP
ORGANIZATION
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, renamed the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006.
Official Website: http://www.csicop.org/
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| Bart Jan Bok |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1906 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Bok globules |
| Francis Crick |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1916 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| Richard Dawkins |
Biologist |
26-Mar-1941 |
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Zoologist and evolutionary biologist |
| Ann Druyan |
Author |
13-Jun-1949 |
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Co-wrote Cosmos with husband Carl Sagan |
| Martin Gardner |
Mathematician |
21-Oct-1914 |
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Mathematical games, Scientific American |
| Murray Gell-Mann |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1929 |
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Weak interaction of particles |
| Stephen Jay Gould |
Biologist |
10-Sep-1941 |
20-May-2002 |
Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist |
| Douglas Hofstadter |
Author |
15-Feb-1945 |
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Author of Godel, Escher, Bach |
| Paul Kurtz |
Philosopher |
21-Dec-1925 |
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The pope of unbelievers |
| Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
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Father of Artificial Intelligence |
| Joe Nickell |
Author |
1-Dec-1944 |
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Professional skeptic |
| Bill Nye |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1955 |
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Bill Nye the Science Guy |
| James E. Oberg |
Historian |
7-Nov-1944 |
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Space exploration historian |
| James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
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The Amazing Randi |
| Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
| Glenn Seaborg |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1912 |
25-Feb-1999 |
Co-Discoverer of Plutonium |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Astronomer |
5-Oct-1958 |
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Astrophysicist |
| Marilyn vos Savant |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1946 |
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IQ 228, still dumb |
| Steven Weinberg |
Physicist |
3-May-1933 |
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Electroweak Theory |
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