Scientists
Note: This article was published while I was in my early 20s. I was much younger and dumber. Please don't hold it against me. One of the perils of having a 20+ year old website!
Over at Wired Blog, they are having a little running poll on the most influential, most unappreciated and best fictional scientists of all time. I’ve decided to weigh in with my picks:
- Best Fictional: Q
- This was a pretty tough decision as a nerd. There are scores of fictional scientists that are awesome (take for example, Doc Brown from Back to the Future). But I had to go with Q, the brain behind James Bond’s amazing gadgets and fun toys. It would be totally awesome if Q made stuff for me. I mean, who doesn’t want a class four grenade disguised as a ballpoint pen?
- Most Unappreciated: Philo T. Farnsworth
- Inventor of the first picture tube with his designs he created at just 13 years old, Farnsworth made monumental contributions to the media industry. However, due to corporate overshadowing by RCA, he never got recognition for his work until after his death in 1971.
- Most Influential: Issac Newton
- I was going to go with Einstein, however, Newton founded that thing called Calculus. Without out, We’d really have no basis for any modern physics and all of the work Einstein did.
So what do you think? Who are your best fictional, most unappreciated and most influential scientists?