This is just how these threads go. It's fun, but admittedly they do become increasingly a competition in listing things that nobody has said yet!
Who is/was the world's greatest scientist?
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This is just how these threads go. It's fun, but admittedly they do become increasingly a competition in listing things that nobody has said yet!
Phototoxin
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Personally I think Louis Pasteur.
The main problem is that there are so many fields and they all build on each other. So Van leeuwenhoek 'only' made a microscope but it helped others later down the line.
I don't think Darwin's was that significant, at the moment it's in vogue due to the whole creationism v darwinism thing that's going crazy in the states.
The greatest medical advancement was general hygiene, so the proto-nurse, Nightingale was a great contributor in that field for example. (changing bandages ! *shock* Care?! *gasp*)
The main problem is that there are so many fields and they all build on each other. So Van leeuwenhoek 'only' made a microscope but it helped others later down the line.
I don't think Darwin's was that significant, at the moment it's in vogue due to the whole creationism v darwinism thing that's going crazy in the states.
The greatest medical advancement was general hygiene, so the proto-nurse, Nightingale was a great contributor in that field for example. (changing bandages ! *shock* Care?! *gasp*)
Phototoxin
Explorer
This is just how these threads go. It's fun, but admittedly they do become increasingly a competition in listing things that nobody has said yet!
Must you always be the sober voice of reason?
Shake it up, state that Simon Cowell is the best scientist EVAR to see who dies of nerdrage!!
Must you always be the sober voice of reason?
I suspect, on occasion, we may have heard a tipsy voice of reason from him.
Lets do a KickStarter on the Greatest Scientist Ever...could be a Drinking Card Game. 