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Frans de Waal

Peter Wadhams

John Waller

Ian Walmsley

Benjamin Wardhaugh

A. E. Warren

Ian Watson

James Watson

Nigel Watson

Stephen Webb

Gavin Weightman

Steven Weinberg

David Weintraub

Andy Weir

Michael Welland

Wellcome (Mosaic Science)

Gary Wenk

Brad Wetzler

David Whitehouse

Catherine Whitlock (with Nicola Temple)

Tom Whyntie (with Oliver Pugh)

Norbert Wiener

Marjorie Wieseman

Frank Wilczek

Stephen Wilk

Maurice Wilkins

Matt Wilkinson

Yorick Wilks

J. B. Williams

Mark Williams (with Jan Zalasiewicz)

Paul Williams

Victoria Williamson

Jon Willis

Christopher Wills

Edward Wilson

Edward Wilson (with Bert Holldobler)

Robin Wilson

Ian Wilmut (with Roger Highfield)

Davey Winder

Nick Clark Windo

Laurie Winkless

Emily Winterburn

Richard Wiseman

Peter Woit

Maryanne Wolf

Gene Wolfe

Stephen Wolfram

  • Adventures of a Computational Explorer ***

    • Robert Wolke

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