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Thibault Damour (with Mathieu Burniat)

Erich von Daniken

David Darling

David Darling (with Dirk Schulze-Makuch)

Kate Darling

Charles Darwin

Idrapamit Das

Laurent Daudet (with Appupen)

Paul Dauvergne

Romeel Davé

Thomas Davenport (with Steven Miller)

Paul Davies

Sally Davies

Daniel Davis

Richard Dawkins

Mark Stuart Day

Niall Deacon

David Deamer (with Wallace Kaufman)

Peter Dear

Kees van Deemter

Ronald Deibert

Louis Del Monte

Mark Denny

John Derbyshire

Clément and Guillaume Deslandes

Adrian Desmond (with James Moore)

Guy Deutscher

Keith Devlin

Louise Devoy

Lee De-Wit

Iain Dey (with Douglas Buck)

Persi Diaconis (with Ron Graham)

Persi Diaconis (with Brian Skyrms)

Philip K. Dick

Virginia Dignum

Andrew Dilnot (with Michael Blastland)

Thomas Disch

Douglas Dixon (with John Adams)

Cory Doctorow

Pieter van Dokkum

Paul Dolan

Pedro Domingos

Athene Donald

Michael Dowd

Neil Downie

Douwe Draaisma

Liam Drew

Karl Drinkwater

Sarah Dry

Marcus du Sautoy

Stephen Dubner (with Steven Levitt)

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