2007-01-20 17:07:24 · 9 answers · asked by icefiring123 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Depends on how far back you go, so often one's discoveries were made standing on the shoulders of someone before them...But i like Tesla, he invented radio and radio-control amongst many other cool things...
2007-01-20 17:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by paradigm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galileo Galilei -
Understanding that the sun doesn't revolve around the earth is the beginning of the humility we all have to have in order to really ask questions.
He was great and in my opinion perhaps the greatest scientist ever because of the ridicule scorn and ostracism he faced in challenging the church.
2007-01-21 04:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by Malikail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a scientist - but only because they really didn't exist yet.
Johannes Gutenberg, 1447 AD - the invention of the printing press and dissemination of information, reading, and learning in general on a wide scale.
We probably owe him our civilization.
2007-01-21 01:18:38 · answer #3 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Crapper.
Or that one guy in Japan who invented the CD.
2007-01-21 01:15:46 · answer #4 · answered by donald d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Darwin. Although he did not invent the theory of evolution by natural selection, it was his publication that changed the science world as we know it.
2007-01-21 04:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to agree with Asimov on this one and say Benjamin Franklin. He invented the lightning rod and proved that God doesn't zap buildings because he's pissed at the folks inside.
2007-01-25 21:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by nikolaitesla 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Einstein with his atomic theory.It has revolutionised the entire world..
2007-01-21 04:15:33 · answer #7 · answered by cupid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scientist that discovered Jesus didn't walk on water.
See link.
2007-01-21 03:36:13 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oppenheimer, atomic-bomb
we showed those japs whose boss
2007-01-21 04:12:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋