who do you think is the most influential scientist or chemist,and why?

Answer 1

Dr. Emmett Brown. His ground-breaking work with flux capacitance laid the foundation for time travel.

Answer 2

I'd say fundamelntally it was Isaac Newton who developed the theory of 'classical mechanics', then came Einstein who developed 'relativistic theory' which filled in some of the gaps Newton left behind.

We can't leave out Maxwell, Rutherford and Dirac, who contributed so much to EM theory, atomic structure and statistical physics.

In recent times, it has probably been Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynmann who have come up with the most revolutionary theories, albeit, Hawking is more into Astrophysics whereas Feynmann is more of a Particle physics (and Quantum Mechanics) type of chap!

There are countless more who have developed laws from theories and are still revered today, such as Joule (unit of Energy), Kelvin (unit of temperature), Coulomb (unit of charge), Hertx (Frequency) and Curie (Radioactivity) - there are almost too many to list!!

Anyway, hope this helped.

Answer 3

i think all scientist is influential,but sir iseec newton is most influential because,Most modern historians believe that Newton and Leibniz had developed calculus independently, using their own unique notations. According to Newton's inner circle, Newton had worked out his method years before Leibniz, yet he published almost nothing about it until 1693, and did not give a full account until 1704. Meanwhile, Leibniz began publishing a full account of his methods in 1684. Moreover, Leibniz's notation and "differential Method" were universally adopted on the Continent, and after 1820 or so, in the British Empire. Whereas Leibniz's notebooks show the advancement of the ideas from early stages until maturity, there is only the end product in Newton's known notes. Newton claimed that he had been reluctant to publish his calculus because he feared being mocked for it. Newton had a very close relationship with Swiss mathematician Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, who from the beginning was impressed by Newton's gravitational theory. In 1691 Duillier planned to prepare a new version of Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, but never finished it. Some of Newton's biographers have suggested that the relationship may have been romantic.[1] However, in 1694 the relationship between the two men cooled down. At the time, Duillier was also exchanged several letters with Leibniz.

Starting in 1699, other members of the Royal Society (of which Newton was a member) accused Leibniz of plagiarism, and the dispute broke out in full force in 1711. Newton's Royal Society proclaimed in a study that it was Newton who was the true discoverer and labeled Leibniz a fraud. This study was cast into doubt when it was later found that Newton himself wrote the study's concluding remarks on Leibniz. Thus began the bitter Newton v. Leibniz calculus controversy, which marred the lives of both Newton and Leibniz until the latter's death in 1716. This dispute created a divide between British and Continental mathematicians that may have impeded the progress of British mathematics by at least a century. [citation needed]

Newton is generally credited with the generalized binomial theorem, valid for any exponent. He discovered Newton's identities, Newton's method, classified cubic plane curves (polynomials of degree three in two variables), made substantial contributions to the theory of finite differences, and was the first to use fractional indices and to employ coordinate geometry to derive solutions to Diophantine equations. He approximated partial sums of the harmonic series by logarithms (a precursor to Euler's summation formula), and was the first to use power series with confidence and to revert power series. He also discovered a new formula for pi.

He was elected Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669. In that day, any fellow of Cambridge or Oxford had to be an ordained Anglican priest. However, the terms of the Lucasian professorship required that the holder not be active in the church (presumably so as to have more time for science). Newton argued that this should exempt him from the ordination requirement, and Charles II, whose permission was needed, accepted this argument. Thus a conflict between Newton's religious views and Anglican orthodoxy was averted.

Answer 4

Galileo Galilei
Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", and the "father of science".
Science is almost defined as "repeatability"
In order to perform his experiments, Galileo had to set up standards of length and time, so that measurements made on different days and in different laboratories could be compared in a reproducible fashion.

Answer 5

Sir Isaac Newton on whose shoulders the entire physical world rests.

Answer 6

Isaac Newton.

He was instrumental in the development of calculus, classical mechanics, optics, etc, and advanced our understanding of universal gravitation, momentum, and so much more!

Answer 7

Dr Steven Hawking
The man disproved all of einsteins theories and made countless others of his own.