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The Bronx High School of Science (aka Bronx Science), a magnet school within the Bronx public school district, is considered one of the top schools (public or private) in the United States. Most of their graduates go on to attend Ivy League universities. Seven former students won Nobel Prizes in Physics; six former students won (seven) Pulitzer Prizes for writing.

Nobel Prize Winners

1972: Leon N. Cooper, Physics

1979: Steven Weinberg, Physics

1988: Melvin Schwartz, Physics

1993: Russell A. Hulse, Physics

2004: H. David Politzer, Physics

2005: Roy J. Glauber, Physics

Pulitzer Prize Winners

1974: William Sherman, Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, New York Daily News

1978: William Safire, Commentary, The New York Times

1986: Joseph Lelyveld, General Nonfiction: Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White

1998: Bernard L. Stein, Editorial Writing, The Riverdale (NY) Press

2004: William Taubman, Biography: Khrushchev: The Man and His Era

2008: Gene Weingarten, Feature Writing, The Washington Post

2010: Gene Weingarten, Feature Writing, The Washington Post

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