In the world of science, who do you believe is the most important scientist of all time.?
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I don't think you can pick one, but if forced to it would almost unquestionably have to be Aristotle because without him science as we think of it would not exist (well, it would because some other guy like Aristotle would have come along).
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No one. God has always existed. Hard for the finite mind of a human to fathom but true nonetheless.
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Nelson Mandela.\n\nEven though he is retired, I can't think of anyone who commands as much genuine worldwide affection and respect.
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William Gates III \n\nFor the  whole list:\nhttp://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html
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very important person
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Alexander Graham Bell.\nHe introduced us to advanced communications. telecommunication, communication in general (via phone, computer, or video) is probably the biggest and most influential invention of all time.  It dictates our whole world in every aspect of our lives.   Where would we be without cell phones or email and all that encompasses those!
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Jean Luc Picard all the way!!  He was a man who just commanded respect from everyone he encountered.  He was a man so in control of himself that his crew trusted him without question.  Respect is always the most important aspect of a leader.  Picard earned the respect of everyone.\n\nRemember when Worf got mad at him and said - "if you were any other man I would disembowel you right here."  I think that says it all.
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Bell doesn't even come close.  The front-runners in my opinion are, in order:\n\n1) Newton\n2) Einstein\n3) Darwin\n4) Maxwell\n\n\nHonorable mentions that I can't rank include Pasteur, Bohr, Boyle, Kepler, and Galileo.
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it can not definitely be something other than human since only us have the capacity of thinking.this will be a classical answer but einstein was a good one. I do not want to say that he is the most intelligent one because he was a clever one but he also had the opportunity to show himself. there are lots of people who even do not have the opportunity to read, so in this case Einstein is best example to someone intelligent and able to show it to the rest of the world.
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Hands down, it's Albert Einstein, because his intellect was so far ranging that we are, to this day, still discovering facets of his theories and proving him right, yet again! His mind was so far beyond his contemporaries that it has always been difficult to find scientists who could follow his teachings. He was brilliant beyond belief!
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Name one good person on this earth.
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How about Madame Curie...would that be helpful? I was going to suggest Charles Darwin, but noticed someone already answered...
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you have to realize that both of these scientists have done slightly different things, and that to compare them or to say which one is better makes no sense.  if you ask which one had a greater impact on everyday life, i would say einstein, because his theories help make much of modern technology possible
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I think the scientists who made the greatest contribution of all time was Alexander Gram Bell even though he was not really scientists and more like a inventor. His invention the telephone is what now makes the world go round. The telephone lead to the internet, and being able to send mass amounts of information.
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So little known?? I've seen television shows about him, read numerous articles in mainstream periodicals, learned about him in many of my college courses...I don't know why you think he is little known-other than the fact that very few of the great physicists are well known by the general public, except for Einstein and Hawking, and maybe Curie.
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It is reputed to have been Lord Kelvin.  The Michelson-Morley experiment (to find the true reference frame of the universe - the failure of which led to Einstein's discovery of special relativity) and the solution to the blackbody radiation equation (which led to the "ultraviolet catastrophe" and Planck's discovery of quantum mechanics) was all that was left, other than extending the constants to additional decimal places.\n\nHowever, Feynman claims this is more myth than fact.
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I say yes.  He is regarded by many in his field to be the greatest physicist of our time including Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Greene.