Who is/are your favourite physicist(s) and why?

[arildno]

But Gauss was a mathematician only.

Gauss was a brilliant mathematician-turned-physicist and made huge advances in our understanding of electro-magnetic phenomena, along with developing techniques for more accurate measurements of sundry sorts.

Not to regard Gauss as a physicist is to totally misunderstand the body of his work.
Mathematicians of his day despaired that Gauss, in their view, mis-used his genius on "mere physics" instead of doing pure mathematics.

 

[JasonRox]

Mathematicians of his day despaired that Gauss, in their view, mis-used his genius on "mere physics" instead of doing pure mathematics.

Haha. He was such a genius that he did BOTH! Meanwhile, accomplishing more than the others combined in only a single subject. How can they despair that? Too many fools roam this Earth.

 

[castaway]

well nobody likes indian physicst? C.V.Raman !

 

[fourier jr]

Haha. He was such a genius that he did BOTH! Meanwhile, accomplishing more than the others combined in only a single subject. How can they despair that? Too many fools roam this Earth.

i would say gauss was first & foremost a mathematician. he did some physics astronomy, but he was always most at home in math. it probably isn't a good idea generally to try to be at home everywhere. if i tried to be some kind of wildcard like that i would find that i'd really be at home nowhere instead.

 

[alias25]

I like Feynman-cool dude, i think he was a genius, good looking too.

Einstein-genius, an inspiration to many

Penrose-because of his book, road to reality

Hawking - admire his determination

Kip thorne (dont really know much about him, but i think its brave of him to have wrote that book...einsteins outrageous legacy)

 

[tribdog]

Kip Thorne is awesome. his book got me interested in physics. plus he's the only one on the list that actually returned my email.

Charandaskar- he just makes sense to me. I understand him.

Throw Kaku in there too, for favorite not best. Who else came and talked to us?

truth be told though I got to go with Einstein. the only physicist who's word I take as gospel. he just gets righter and righter as time goes on.