2006-12-19 07:52:30 · 9 answers · asked by Nicola P 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Its tempting to only think about the great physicists I suppose because their theories being fundamental tend to become more famous. Albert Einstein is going to top any list, Max Planck, Erwin Schrodinger and Werner Heisenberg for quantum mechanics. Dirac for reformulating those same laws... Watson and Crick for discovering DNA and starting the huge industry in genetics that we now have... Modern ones are Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins and both have written popular science books enabling layment to become familar with their ideas.
I'm tempted to mention Witten but string theory is all so tentative. Thats enough famous scientists to be getting on with.
2006-12-19 08:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous in the begining of 1.900's. Ian Fleming and Linnus Pauling were very famous and important in the midle of the last century. The most famous was Albert Einstein. Today: maybe Stephen Hawking...
2006-12-19 16:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by Apolo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some obvious omissions: Richard Feynman, Arnold Sommerfeld, Ernest Rutherford, J. J. Thompson, J. R. Oppenheimer, among others.
Freud was a psycho-analyst, which doesn't qualify as science at any university in the world.
2006-12-19 22:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by willismg1959 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In physics it has to be Albert Einstein for the theory of relativity, his work on quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, etc.
In astronomy, Edwin Hubble for the discovering that the universe is expanding.
In biology, James Watson and Francis Crick for figuring out the structure of DNA.
In psychology, Sigmund Freud for his many controversial theories, but there are many others.
2006-12-19 17:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most famous: Einstein
Also:
Hawking, Planck, Freud, Boas, Bohr, Pauling, Heisenberg. Rutherford, Curie, Watson and Crick, Banting and Best, Fleming,
there are many many more
2006-12-19 15:59:28 · answer #5 · answered by Carp Face 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Einstein is the most famous then bohr, today the most famous are probably stephen hawking and paul dirac
2006-12-19 16:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Hawkins for one perhaps
2006-12-19 15:56:39 · answer #7 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey smart people in hear today
2006-12-19 16:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by G Constant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
albert einsten maybe... he was the group consultant for the manhattan project... and he even came up with that crazy theory of relativity (which i think is false).
and crape face... freud isnt a sceintist... hes a douche bag...
2006-12-19 16:01:14 · answer #9 · answered by ryanisalifestyle 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋