Who Is Your Favorite Scientist and Why?

[BadgerBadger92]

I’m interested in seeing what your opinions are. I was hoping to learn a thing or two from what you prefer.

 

[mcastillo356]

Hi, @BadgerBadger92. Newton: he put the first brick, provided all the background, to which we are all devoted.
HNY

 

[Math100]

My favorite scientist is Isaac Newton because he developed the laws of motion and gravity.

 

[Mayhem]

Erwin Schrödinger, because without his epononymous equation, I'd be doing chemistry blindly.

 

[martinbn]

Just one! I don't think one page will be enough to list all my favourites.

 

[Frabjous]

My favorite scientists were high performers in my specific subfield that influenced me when I was starting out. Of course, no one has heard of them in the general community. Off the famous list, I have read and thought about specific papers by Mott, Taylor and Bethe.

 

[pinball1970]

I’m interested in seeing what your opinions are. I was hoping to learn a thing or two from what you prefer.

Life sciences UG so Darwin and Mendel are obvious choices and later the biochemistry and medicine/pathology pioneers.

However, this is PF so in terms of awe inspiring, Einstein and his achievements plus his challenges and errors also seem to lead to advancements.

Probably get pulled on that but I don’t care.

Feynman also- no idea who he was until challenger 1986 and it took a few conversations with physics undergraduates, until I realized how important he was.

My physics mates all said Newton but what do they know?