vrus Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 The title says it !!! What is your opinion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 The title says it !!! What is your opinion ? That would be the Italian doctor Gabriel Falloppio, he invented the condom and discovered the clitoris in 1564.....2nd, would be Mr Thomas Crapper who invented the modern day toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatlack Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Many will say Tesla.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2SO4 Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Mary curie, dmitri mendeleev, and maybe roentgen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 I thought Einstein would be popular, he was billiant. Benjamin Franklin was great because of his science combined with fame as a hero of liberty. Socrates was pretty cool. Darwin contributed a lot to modern bio. Galileo Newton, oh and Tesla should be in the running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 LEONARDO DA VINCI, though known for his work in the Sistine Chapel, was also known as a great inventor. Thomas Edison was no slouch either, perhaps throw in Shockley for his work on the transistor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insane Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Tesla, the Curies, Rutherford, Einstein and so many more. There is no 'Greatest Scientist' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Tycho?] Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Scientists: Einstien, Maxwell, Newton, Galileo Plenty more of course, especially ancient greek philosphers (who wern't really scientists), and tons of important inventors. edit: Forgot Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburngirl05 Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 It's hard to say, because most scientist/inventors have built upon foundations discovered by their precursors, even if it is just to test and debunk faulty theories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrus Posted May 8, 2005 Author Share Posted May 8, 2005 In my opinion it was Edison. First Light bulb, First power plant, 1250+ patents RECORDED. Add to that the favours he used to do to people with practical problems that he didn't bother to register as patents. There are many who have gone silently and are hardly known of. I mean Wernher von Braun and an Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan- the man who knew infinity and Gustav Weisskopf, now believed to the be the first person to make a manned flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 LEONARDO DA VINCI, though known for his work in the Sistine Chapel, was also known as a great inventor. Da Vinci has art in the Sistine Chapel? I didn't know that. I thought that was all done before his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncool Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I would say whatever guy discovered fire, and discovered how to get it repeatedly. I mean, that's what really sparked the advance of the human race...either that or the wheel. -Uncool- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenSon Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Alll the good ones had been said so i'll just say Tycho Brahe because hes interesting. And most astronomers aren't ~Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareon Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Da Vinci has art in the Sistine Chapel? I didn't know that. I thought that was all done before his time. He didn't. Michaelangelo was the painter. He was a pretty interesting fellow, I like him better than Da Vinci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrus Posted May 9, 2005 Author Share Posted May 9, 2005 What about Gauss ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Da Vinci has art in the Sistine Chapel? I didn't know that. I thought that was all done before his time.Yes, my mistake, thanks for pointing it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atinymonkey Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Da Vinci has art in the Sistine Chapel? I didn't know that. I thought that was all done before his time. After. Da Vinci was 23 years older than Michelangelo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrus Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 I don't find them that amazing, Da vinci and Michelangelo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Einstien, Maxwell, Newton, Tesla... but as people have said, you can't really label one "the greatest". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrahedrite Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 The Bragg father and son duo, discovery of x-ray diffraction and its ability to define structures has been incredibly important to all of the basic fields of science, chemistry, biology, geology, physics and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Max Planck, Eriwn Schrodinger and Hendrik Lorentz are y faviourtes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auk Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I don't find them that amazing, Da vinci and Michelangelo. Davinci was a genius in many domains. He wasn't only an artist. His sketches on military, flight, anatomy and much more reveal his intelligence. As for Michelangelo I don't know him that well. Edison is definitely my favorite and I enjoy Hawking's books. Edit: Oops, how could I forget the ingenious Wright brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psi20 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 The person who invented a lever must've been pretty smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTom Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I'm not exactly a feminist, but I'm intrigued by the (usually uncredited) role women have made. For more, check out Mileva Cleric and Rosalind Franklin, and I bet there are more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I vote for the transistor and those that made it viable. interestingly enough on Radio 4 there has been a similar poll over the last few weeks, and the greatest invention was the Bicycle! I think the Internet came in 2`nd or there abouts. theres nowt so strange as folk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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