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Coming from C. P. Snow's The Two Cultures, the "Third Culture" is a group of prominent scientists and intellectuals who are changing the landscape of both the sciences and humanities. The term was coined by John Brockman in his book The Third Culture: Beyond The Scientific Revolution.

Official Website:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/who3c.html

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rodney Brooks	Scientist	30-Dec-1954		Robotics and artificial intelligence researcher
Richard Dawkins	Biologist	26-Mar-1941		Zoologist and evolutionary biologist
Daniel C. Dennett	Philosopher	28-Mar-1942		Leading Darwinist and philosopher
Murray Gell-Mann	Physicist	15-Sep-1929		Quarks and strangeness
Stephen Jay Gould	Biologist	10-Sep-1941	20-May-2002	Evolutionary scientist
Chris Langton	Biologist	1948		Father of Artificial Life
Marvin Minsky	Scientist	9-Aug-1927		Father of Artificial Intelligence
Roger Penrose	Mathematician	8-Aug-1931		Theory of cosmic censorship
Steven Pinker	Linguist	18-Sep-1954		The Language Instinct

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