Prospect magazine has launched the second of its 100 greatest intellectual polls. Once again there are a number of high profile scientists in the list, on which you can vote for your favourites.

Last time round Richard Dawkins came in third (just behind Noam Chomsky and Umberto Eco).

Dawkins is in the list again this year, along with Jared Diamond, Drew Gilpin Faust, Neil Gershenfeld, Bjørn Lomborg, James Lovelock, Sunita Narain, and Lee Smolin. And in the ‘too cool to use their full names’ sub-category, we have V.S. Ramachandran, J. Craig Venter, and E.O. Wilson.

Al Gore didn’t make it last time but he’s on the list now. We’re expecting a strong showing from him this year.

Conspicuous by their absence: Stephen Hawking, Rajendra Pachauri, Jonathan Haidt.

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