• Question: in your opinion who is the best scientist to have ever lived and why?

    Asked by anon-227011 to William, Thibaut "Tibo", Harry, Georgia, Emily, Aimee on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Harry Wilkinson

      Harry Wilkinson answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      It probably a bit of cliché, but what Einstein managed to come up with in such a short space of time is phenomenal.

    • Photo: Thibaut Deviese

      Thibaut Deviese answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      Hi Daisy! Leonard da Vinci is for me the best scientist (and artist!!!). He worked on so many areas such as medicine, botany, civil engineering…

    • Photo: Aimee Egglestone

      Aimee Egglestone answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      Oh wow, I really don’t know because I don’t know all the scientists! But my gut reaction is to say Einstein or Hawking!

    • Photo: Georgia Orton

      Georgia Orton answered on 19 Nov 2019: last edited 19 Nov 2019 3:48 pm

      That’s so hard to say as every scientist builds on work that has come before them.
      One of the people who has made a massive impact on our everyday lives recently is Prof John Goodenough and the team that worked with him to produce the lithium ion battery. This technology forms the basis of a large part of today’s society – these batteries can be found everywhere such as in your mobile phone.

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