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Who was greatest is subjective, so there is no one correct answer. Darwin was a great contributor, certainly. He did not "invent" evolution, but he was the first to describe evolution in a comprehensive way, and to advance a theory of how it occurs.

If I were forced to choose a single person as the greatest contributor to science, I would pick Sir Isaac Newton. Newton is well known for his laws of motion, but he also invented Calculus, and made several other major advances.

2006-08-25 08:18:19 · answer #1 · answered by Jay S 5 · 1 0

Darwin was the greatest contributor to the Biological sciences. I think very few Biologists would dispute that.

But the greatest contributor to all of science? I don't know. I am sure some scientists might think he was, but there several other scientists that might be ranked higher: Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Einstein.

By the way, I agree with a previous answerer: your choice of the word "invented" is inappropriate. Darwin didn't invent Evolution, he just was the first person to figure out its principles and then describe them in way that others could understand. Darwin was a great scientist because he was a careful observer who first learned a great deal about the real world, and then was able to come up with a theory that explained his observations. That theory then enabled a whole revolution in biology and now in medicine.

2006-08-25 15:16:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jim L 5 · 1 0

On a recent series of show's on the Discovery channel ranking the top 100 science discoveries of all time, Evolution was voted no. 1 by a panel of scientists. I think that speaks strongly about Darwin's role in Scientific history. I would consider it more of the "most significant" theory rather than the "greatest." I think alot of scientists would agree with that statement vs. the "greatest."

2006-08-25 15:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by Scott P 2 · 1 0

he didn't "invent" evolution, he noticed it occurring naturally and was the first to define and explain it. as far as being the greatest contributor to science, i think it's a matter of preference. there are a lot of people who don't believe darwin contributed much at all, and others who do. saying he's the "greatest" contributor is kinda going a little too far, because no one has the right to say that their opinion is superior to anyone else's. he certainly was a brilliant mind who contributed a lot to science, definitely.

2006-08-25 15:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by Om 2 · 2 0

"Invent" evolution. That's funny.

Thanks to Yahoo Answers, we get to clearly see who lags on the evolutionary ladder.

I guess it would mean that Watson and Crick invented DNA. I wonder what genetics used before they came along.

Ben Franklin invented electricity. He should be blamed for every lightning strike since then. Can we sue a dead person?

Newton invented gravity. Thank goodness. People used to lose so many hats before then.

Can it be said that Archimedes invented the bathtub? Or did he just invent a novel use for it?

2006-08-25 16:04:11 · answer #5 · answered by Vince M 7 · 1 1

No
He wrote a book on the "Origin of the Species"
If you do a Google search on the name "Charles Darwin" and ead the results, you will have a better idea of wat he was and was not. There have been many that try to "prove" evolution but many of their proofs turn out to be fraud. Its too bad because science is really interesting when they stick to provable facts...

2006-08-25 15:16:27 · answer #6 · answered by papaalw 4 · 0 0

Darwin did not invent evolution. Evolution Is an unproven Theory

2006-08-25 15:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by zeuster2 3 · 0 3

No, evolution is just one of many, many incredible branches of science. It all depends which branch of science you are interested in - who can really say whether Darwin was better than Einstein, Galileo, Archimedes, Pascal, Dr. Hawkins....etc.

2006-08-25 15:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by ontario ashley 4 · 1 0

Nobody invents something that happens in nature. They just come up with theories. If their theory is researched and experimented to the point where it is proven true, then it becomes a scientific law.

2006-08-25 15:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5 0

I'm picking Isaac Newton.

There are plenty of contributions to science that are greater than the idea of evolution.
These include:
Germ theory of disease
Refutation of Spontaneous Generation

2006-08-25 15:21:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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