• Question: Who is your favourite scientist?

    Asked by tugii to Louise, Yvette, Sian, Steve, Michaela on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by ladiesman009.
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      Louise Johnson answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Barbara McClintock wins my all-time prize (you can read more about her on my profile). She was wrong about a lot of things, but when she was wrong, she was wrong in a new and interesting way that opened up whole new subject areas.

      Alfred Sturtevant is another favourite, because he invented the genetic map when he was only 19. He and his supervisor Thomas Hunt Morgan did some amazing work with genes decades before anyone had a clue what they really were or what they were made of.

      Of scientists who are still alive, I’d say Tomoko Ohta, a Japanese geneticist who thought up a whole new way of looking at how genes evolve.

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      Michaela Livingstone answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Well, I admire sooo many scientists, but I’ve said before that I like Brian Cox a lot, you might of caught him on Wonders of the Solar System, just because he can really bring science alive and he doesn’t fit that usual stereotype of a scientist. Anyone who can make a tin of water exciting gets my vote!

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      Steven Kiddle answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Im not sure, but i admire many like Einstein and James Watson, as well as older ones like James Watt and Charles Darwin

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      Yvette Wilson answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      A scientist now working in south africa called Woody Cotterill. He studies the evolution of african animals. I think his work is going to be crucial in conserving southern African ecosystems and is thefore going to save millions of lives. you can read about some of his work at http://www.biodiversityleadershipawards.org/cott1.htm

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