it doesn't matter the area he was working in.
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2006-08-22 07:47:25 · 11 answers · asked by om 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Aristotle, by far. ...Second place is Descartes, and third is between Kant and Einstein (->because of his calculus)
2006-08-24 20:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by enhanced_neuronal_machine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very good case can be made for Newton, but I would place Eratosthenes at least in the running. He devised a method for finding prime numbers which is still used today, more than two thousand years after he lived. And he was the first person to do a reasonably accurate measurement of the size of the earth.
2006-08-22 08:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newton or Darwin
Wallace, Huxley, Einstein, Linneaus, Tesla, Edison, Asimov, Burbank, Shultes, Emerson, all come close
too many others to mention
2006-08-22 07:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmm, tie between Julian Jaynes and Hunter S. Thompson.
2006-08-22 07:54:22 · answer #4 · answered by mutterhals 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. One of my favorites is Richard Feynman. He was one of the LEAST arrogant thinkers who fit into the "great" category.
2006-08-22 08:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leonardo di Vinci
2006-08-22 08:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by Tony T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll second "Newton or Darwin", although I'd add Einstein for a three-way tie.
Most "overrated" thinker: Freud.
2006-08-22 08:16:07 · answer #7 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carl Friedrich Gauss - although he went off the deep end.
2006-08-22 08:31:51 · answer #8 · answered by bubsir 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus.
He had a perfect mind. Even highly analytical people & well-known philosophers still have imperfect minds. But, oh, to have a perfect one.....Can you imagine?
2006-08-22 08:02:05 · answer #9 · answered by eliziam 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
aristotle
the clever bugger
2006-08-22 09:45:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋