Famous scientist break-ups (and possible reasons why)

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Do you people know of any other cases?

- James Watson and Francis Crick (for a while)
- Chen Ning Yang and Tsung Dao Lee
- Werner Heisenberg and Neils Bohr (due to Heisenberg staying in Germany)
- Edward Teller and "everyone"
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Oh, I just wanted people to add in more pairs (along with the reasons why, if they have any, just for some possible insight)

Like, I don't know why Chen Ning Yang and Tsung Dao Lee broke up (it was said in Chien Shiung Wu's bio that they attended her retirement party - and went to the opposite sides of the room, still not forgiving each other for something).
 
Edison and Tesla

---(Edison supposedly didn't fulfill his promises to Tesla---Edison was a profiteer, like Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, etc. of his day---Edison also liked stealing other people's ideas and patenting them for himself--that's one reason he had so many)