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Eric S. Lander is a titan of contemporary science, a figure whose work has not only reshaped our understanding of human genetics but has also profoundly influenced public health policy and biotechnology innovation. Trained initially in mathematics at Princeton University and later at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, Lander made a surprising pivot to biology,…
He made seminal contributions in several fields, but he’s most famous for his work in physics and mathematics. In physics, Newton formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, which laid the foundations for classical mechanics. His work in this area was published in his landmark book, “Philosophical Naturalist Principia Mathematica” (often simply referred to…