We've seen a few questions on who the smartest physicist was, who was the dumbest.
I realize that this depends on how you define a physicist, but please make do.
2006-08-11 09:01:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
I don't consider myself a physicist.
Surely, there must have been one famous physicist that was ultimately proven wrong about many of his ideas, or discovered to have stolen them from someone else.
2006-08-11 09:15:55 · update #1
Fleischman and Pons appeared rather stupid when they made all this fuss about cold fusion.
2006-08-11 09:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Two professors claimed to have discovered the energy of cold fusion in 1989. Eventually it was found the the most notorious scientific experiments they did.
2006-08-11 16:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by cjc2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you fancy yourself a physicist I would say we have a winner. What a dumb question.
2006-08-11 09:11:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to become a physicist you must be intelligent. can't think of any. reallllllllllllllly
2006-08-11 09:03:53 · answer #4 · answered by john d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve Hamn, wow that guy was dumb. He had a PHD in Physics, but he didn't know crap.
2006-08-11 09:45:28 · answer #5 · answered by Greenspan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daedalus
Pretty bad uncle and father too.
2006-08-11 09:18:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dumdstein...
2006-08-11 09:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feynman... Okay fine, maybe I just don't like his theories....
2006-08-11 09:08:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋