Favourite

[Drilon]

We've heard of favorite actors/actresses, favorite musicians, music etc etc.

 

I guess its fair to ask about your favorite scientist

 

my favorite scientist of all time is Nicola Tesla

[YT2095]

I have quite a few, but Earnest Rutherford is certainly in my Top 5.

[CDarwin]

I don't think I have to answer that question.

 

EDIT: Rutherford was a prat.

[Klaynos]

Maxwell or Young, both exceptionally and under estimated by many;

[Reaper]

I like Kim Peek, he's not a scientist though.

 

 

Scientists:

 

Penrose

Einstein

Feynman

Tesla

[CDarwin]

Physicists... pfft.

[iNow]

First and foremost: Carl Sagan

 

Then, Nicolaus Copernicus

 

Also, Frederick Banting, for he is a large part of the reason I am alive today.

[Reaper]

Also, Frederick Banting, for he is a large part of the reason I am alive today.

 

 

I didn't know you were diabetic. But then there are lots of things I don't know about you anyway .

 

Physicists... pfft.

 

 

Physicists rule!

[someguy]

I don't know alot about scientists but out of the ones i know I think i would say Newton.

[Sisyphus]

Among my favorites:

 

Francis Bacon

Michael Faraday

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

Niels Bohr

Richard Feynman

Carl Sagan

 

That's just off the top of my head, so apologies to whoever I'm forgetting.

[iNow]

That's just off the top of my head, so apologies to whoever I'm forgetting.

 

Exactly. It's harder than picking a favorite ice cream flavor (or, flavour for those of you who speak the Queen's English ). At least with ice cream flavors, there are reasonable limits to the choices. I mean, how freakin' many awesome scientists have there been?

[ydoaPs]

My favourite is Michael Behe

[iNow]

My favourite is Michael Behe

 

Perhaps different divisions of "scientist" should be added to the question. Do you enjoy the work of Maciej Giertych also?

[ajb]

Maxwell for unification of electric and magnetic theory. In doing so he created the first theory with Lorentz and gauge symmetry and electromagnetic duality, of course this was not realised at the time.

 

Yang and Mills for generalising the above.

 

Einstein and Hilbert for general relativity.

[CDarwin]

My favourite is Michael Behe

 

Ooh, ooh, forgot about Lysenko too.