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Asked by nasteha to Dalya, Derek, Sarah, Tim, Tom on 12 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by oddtwo, adw13.
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Tim Millar answered on 10 Jun 2011:
Although I am a biologist, my favourite scientist is an astronomer – Carl Sagan. He was very good at explaining how the Universe works and wrote a book and made TV programmes (Cosmos) which I really enjoyed.
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Sarah Thomas answered on 10 Jun 2011:
Marie Curie
She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, she was the first person to ever receive 2 Nobel prizes (one in Chemistry and one in Physics), the only person to ever receive Nobel prizes in 2 different sciences!
As a woman in science, she overcame great challenges and she was truly ahead of her time. She dedicated her life to her work and her exposure to such high levels of radiation ultimately killed her. Her workbooks and even her cookbook are still considered too dangerous to handle because of the radioactivity and are kept in lead-lined containers!
Her work led to the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer, a therapy which still saves lives today.
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Derek McKay-Bukowski answered on 10 Jun 2011:
Tough question… I admire the work of many scientists. However, a few spring to mind pretty quickly: Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell and Isaac Newton
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Tom Crick answered on 12 Jun 2011:
My favourite scientists are Richard Feynman, an American physicist who pioneered aspects of quantum physics and who worked on the atomic bomb during the Second World War, and Alan Turing, a British mathematician who was highly influential in developing the field of computer science; for example, ideas such as “algorithms” and “computation”. He also played a key role in the Second World War by helping to crack Germany’s Enigma encryption codes at Bletchley Park.
Sadly both are dead — Turing died in 1954 and Feynman in 1988, but jointly their contribution to science and our lives is huge!
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