Who's the greatest scientist of all time?

[jreelawg]

Bill Nye because he's the science guy.

 

[Good4you]

Being someone that is interested in physics, and cares less about biology, its odd to say this but...

It seems to me one of the greatest scientists would be someone that greatly advanced a field to provide better human living, and their discoveries would not be easily discovered otherwise.

It seems to me like most things in physics if not discovered by one person would have been soon discovered by someone else, and even if this is not the case (probably especially with some of the more ancient ones) it seems like it takes a long time for their discoveries to have any real world impact.

I would think that someone who discovered certain vaccines or germ theories which saved many lives would have the greatest scientific impact on the masses. I will admit i don't know enough about the subject to say who that might be.

 

[luma]

Sagan

 

[kramer733]

Why does it matter to make all these idiotic ranking lists Americans are so pathologically fond of?

Why are you even in this thread when you aren't answering the question? Dude, this is just a for fun topic. It's like asking. What's the coolest pokemon? It's a question for fun.