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Giving your new pet a name can be quite challenging at times. Sometimes it is enough to look at them and you already realize what name will suit them to a T, but sometimes you might have a bunch of nice names and still be unsure which one to select as your final choice. We wanted to discuss some cool cat names in this article, but you can apply these ideas to really any pet you have. 

So you brought home a ball of purr. First of all, congratulations! You are now in possession of a natural alarm clock that will demand food at the crack of dawn, an interior designer who’ll rearrange stuff on your desk according to the latest trends (and knock off everything that doesn’t fit in), and an affectionate bundle that will give you the warmest cuddles in the world. Now it’s time to make a list of creative cat names to start choosing from. 

Science can be a source of some unique cat names. Observe their behavior for a couple of days. Does your kitty like to stick their tongue out a lot? That’s very obviously an Einstein! Do they like gazing into the distance with an expression of deep thought? I think you just got yourself an Aristotle. There are plenty of famous names in science, and you will definitely find one that suits your cat. 

By the way, did you know that the scientific name of the domestic cat is Felis catus? To honor that name, you can call your pet Felix or Felicia – both sound very beautiful and look good on a cat. And if you are after some rare cat names, you can go deeper into mathematical terms (kitten siblings Sine and Cosine, anyone?), chemical elements (a golden kitten named Aurum will draw lots of attention), and so on. 

Just make sure you name your cat with love, and in no time they will start responding to it.

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Newton — Isaac Newton

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    Luna

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    Galileo — Galileo

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    Deborah Harris
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd have to sing to call it .... with my best Queen impression

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    Hawking — Steven Hawking

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    Mercury

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    Tesla — Nikola Tesla

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    Archimedes — Archimedes of Syracuse

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    Molecule

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    kitten levels tokyo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My current cat, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, would love to have a little brother named Molecule.

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    Einstein — Albert Einstein

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    Darwin — Charles Darwin

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    Robin Canfield
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry .. Darwin is the best name ...my baby is the king of all moth eaters..explorer of the basement..and thinks the bathroom is his own rainforest

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    Dr. Frankenstein — "Frankenstein"

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    Dexter — "Dexter’s Laboratory"

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    kitten levels tokyo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cats are serial killers from the POV of small animals, so this one fits.

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    Pinky — "Pinky & the Brain"

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    Orbit

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    Andromeda

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    Katie Kerg
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a tiny black cat who has random strands of white and i mean single hairs, can't even notice unless you're right by her, my point is her name is Andromeda

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    Cassiopeia

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    Galaxy

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    Volt

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    kitten levels tokyo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “This animal name suggestion has been sponsored by Chevrolet.”

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    Pixel

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    Isotope

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    Gabbzz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll be surprised if this isn't used as a human name.

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    Morse — Samuel Morse

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    Hedy — Hedy Lemarr

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    J. Emery Anderson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very Good....she was a genius in her time. 🤯

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    Miss Frizzle — "The Magic School Bus"

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    Alien

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    Katie Kerg
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they are aliens, why call them what they are?😹😹😹

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    Eli — Eli Whitney

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    Sid — "Sid the Science Kid"

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    Farnsworth — "Futurama"

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    George Nunes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Farnsworth is actually the guy who invented television and the inspiration for that character's name

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    Celsius

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    Quantum

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    Data

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    Nasa

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    Nano

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    Linux

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    Bruce — "The Incredible Hulk"

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    Scully — "X-Files"

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    Arthur — Arthur Caley

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    Everest

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    Comet

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    Cosmo

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    Moon

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    Kiwi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a dog named Moon.

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    Jefferson — Thomas Jefferson

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    Beasley — Maria E. Beasley

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    Patricia — Patricia Bath

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    Rosalind — Rosalind Franklin

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    Marie — Marie Curie

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    Sheryl Lemons
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think just Curie would be a better cat name.

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    deGrasse — "Neil deGrasse Tyson"

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    Kiwi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love that guy. And your cat too!

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    Rotwang — "Metropolis"

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    Jimmy Neutron — "Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius"

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    The Professor — "Gilligan’s Island"

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    Magnus — Albertus Magnus

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    Atomicwoman07
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our previous cat was called Albert, but we used to sometimes call him saint Albertus Magnus

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    Ingrid — Ingrid Daubechies

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    Dorothy — Dorothy Vaughn

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    Sheryl Lemons
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again the last name seem better for a cat. Dorothy was a brilliant person though.

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    Fahrenheit

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    Zinc

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    Nimbus

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    Cirrus

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    Cumulus

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    Magnet

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    Jupiter

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    Neptune

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    Star

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    Light Year

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    Asteroid

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    Laser

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    Byte

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    Graham Bell — Alexander Graham Bell

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    Margaret — Margaret E. Knight

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    Melitta — Melitta Bentz

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    Copernicus — Nicolaus Copernicus

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    Aristotle — Aristotle

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    Bohr — Neils Bohr

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    Szalinski — "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"

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    Stone — "Gravity"

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    Sue Storm — "The Fantastic Four"

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    Hilbert — David Hilbert

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    Ada — Ada Lovelace

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    Sophie — Sophie Germain

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    Beaker

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    Permafrost

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    Botany

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    Chemist

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    Cortex

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    Flask

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    Petri

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    Fossil

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    Gibbous

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    Orion

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    Draco

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    Nova

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    Aries

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    Celeste

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    Oberon

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    Janus

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    Juno

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    Eclipse

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    Pluto

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    Fractal

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    Density

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    Soyuz

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    Echo

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    Yannic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about Fives and Heavy?

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    Woz — Steve Wozniak

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    Pascal

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    Rocket

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    Solstice

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    Gamma

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    Photon

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    Carbon

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    Henry — Henry Ford

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    Babbage — Charles Babbage

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    Logie — John Logie Baird

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    Josephine — Josephine Cochrane

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    Beulah — Beulah Louise Henry

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    Sarah — Sarah Boone

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    Florence — Florence Parpart

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    Magie — Lizzie Magie

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    Esther — Esther Takeuchi

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    Wu — Chien-Shiung Wu

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    Nye — "Bill Nye"

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    Beakman — "Beakman’s World"

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    Dr. Emmet Brown — "Back to the Future"

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    Jane — "Thor: Dark World"

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    Lily — "Chain Reaction"

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    Sarah — "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"

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    Ellie — "Jurassic Park"

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    Susan — "Robot"

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    Amelia — "Interstellar"

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    Grace — "Avatar"

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    Fossey — "Gorillas in the Mist"

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    Euclid — Euclid of Alexandria

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    Pythagoras — Pythagoras of Samos

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    Alexander — Alexander Grothendieck

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    Leonhard — Leonhard Euler

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    Evelyn — Evelyn Boyd Granville

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    Compound

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    Pi

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    Bunsen

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    Graphite

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    Syzygy

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    Arctic

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    Constellation

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    Halley

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    Plasma

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    Phobos

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    Sagan — Carl Sagan

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    Doppler

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    kitten levels tokyo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want to collaborate with me and start writing for BP I have an idea for 183 “scientific “names for dogs.

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    Kernal

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    Gutenburg — Johannes Gutenbyrg

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    Guido — Guido of Arezzo

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    Marian — Marian Croak

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    Ellen — Ellen Egin

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    Caresse — Caresse Crosby

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    Barbara — Barbara McClintock

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    Lise — Lise Meitner

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    Doudna — Jennifer Doudna

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    Strangeglove — "Dr. Strangeglove"

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    Ross — "Friends"

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    Keough — "Outbreak"

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    Marta — "The Bourne Legacy"

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    Helen — "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

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    Charlie — "Top Gun"

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    Emma — "The Saint"

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    Mears — "Contagion"

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    Arroway — "Contact"

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    Carl — Carl Gauss

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    Riemann — Bernhard Riemann

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    Emmy — Emmy Noether

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    Hypatia — Hypatia

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    Sofya — Sofya Kovalevskaya

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    Majorie — Majorie Lee Browne

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    Euphemia — Euphemia Haynes

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    Phillipa — Phillipa Fawcett

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    Daina — Daina Taimina

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    Pipette

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    Thermos

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    Cuvette

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    Penumbra

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    Wandflower

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    Jaxa

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