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My vote goes to Charles Darwin by how he utterly changed the perceptions of ourselves from a divine creation to the result of evolution, and he ticked off Creationists for the past 144 years. 
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Galileo Galelei.. eh screw spelling...:-pComment
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Unfortunatley Darwin's Theory was used and abused as justification for empire and subjugation of the "savages".We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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In all seriousness, the award goes to Victor Theremin.Comment
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Either Newton or Einstein.
In terms of genius and advancement of pure scientific understanding, there's nobody else in the last 500 years that even comes close.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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I'll agree with Einstein and Newton.http://monkspider.blogspot.com/Comment
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
God said, "Let Newton Be!", and all was light.Comment
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I'll go with Newton and Einstein at the top, with Maxwell, Feynman, and Galileo at a secondary level."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Don't forget Copernicus.
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I agree. That second tier is pretty big for me. Includes a bunch of 18th century chemists, 19th century biologists (Darwin, Mendel) and 20th century physicists.Originally posted by Ramo
I'll go with Newton and Einstein at the top, with Maxwell, Feynman, and Galileo at a secondary level.
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
God said, "Let Newton Be!", and all was light.
Of course. I can't remember who originally wrote that right now...
Newton's work seem more "obvious" to us nowadays than Einstein's, and it's thus easy to overlook it. But to look at it and realise that before Newton there was absolutely nothing of comparable significance to just basic science, and then realise that Newton just pulled all this stuff out of his ass gives me enormous respect for the man.
1) Kinetics
2) Half credit for calculus
3) Universal Gravitation. Holy crap. To look at the motion of the planets, realise that it has to do with the same force that holds us to the ground, and then deduce the law this must obey to give rise to the observed data...
12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
Ultima Ratio RegumComment
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Not to mention his second tier discoveries like optics...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
Ultima Ratio RegumComment
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Greatest would definitely be one of Einstein or Newton.
Turing is understated, though."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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I didn't pay attention to history class and physics class when they were talking about scientists but wasnt that kepler?Originally posted by Frogger
3) Universal Gravitation. Holy crap. To look at the motion of the planets, realise that it has to do with the same force that holds us to the ground, and then deduce the law this must obey to give rise to the observed data...
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How about Tesla? He's highly underrated as well.http://monkspider.blogspot.com/Comment
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