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Glen Yeffeth

Donald Yeomans

Ed Yong

Merry Youle

Josh Young

Rob Young (with Orrin Pilkey)

Nicolas Yunes (with Clifford Will)

  • Is Einstein Still Right? - black holes, gravitational waves, and the quest to verify Einstein's greatest creation ***

    • George Zaidan

    Paul Zak

    Jan Zalasiewicz

    Jan Zalasiewicz (with Mark Williams)

    A Zee

    Roger Zelazny

    Oscar Zarate (with J. P. McEvoy)

    Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz (with Roger Highfield)

    John Zerilli et al

  • A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence ****

    • Carl Zimmer

    Robert Zimmerman

    Hans Zinsser

    Marlene Zuk

    Gary Zukav

    Jason Zweig

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