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23 May 2012, 3:23 am

Newton, Einstein.

John Nash.

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23 May 2012, 1:25 pm

Max Planck, he came up with the basis for quantum mechanics/ quantum theory. That someone could even comprehend what electrons and such are doing back in the 1918 era astounds me.

That, and anything to do with the speed of light has my attention.

Einstein for the photoelectric effect, that metals can emit electrons due to photons of light knocking them off! :O

These two worked off of each others ideas so I can't really decide... :S

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23 May 2012, 2:46 pm

CornerPuzzlePieces wrote:

Max Planck, he came up with the basis for quantum mechanics/ quantum theory. That someone could even comprehend what electrons and such are doing back in the 1918 era astounds me.

Planck was trying to deal with Black Body Radiation without running into the ultra-violet paradox. He attempted to do and end run around the Railiegh-Jeans law and discovered that regarding radiation as discrete would solve the problem. It was really Einstein who generalized Planck's result to deal with light.

He resolved the problem by figuring out the photo-electric effect.

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24 May 2012, 6:34 am

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I didn't know that at all. Has there ever been an apology to his family?

What family? Turing was a homosexual, he never married and never had children. His parents were dead and I believe he was an only child. It was Turing's sexual nature and the homophobia of the British establishment which led to the injustice committed against Turing.

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There's always family. He would've had cousins, uncles, aunts etc. Maybe no direct family, but there would still be family, who are no doubt proud to call him one of theirs.

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24 May 2012, 9:17 am

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There's always family. He would've had cousins, uncles, aunts etc. Maybe no direct family, but there would still be family, who are no doubt proud to call him one of theirs.

It turns out his mother was alive when he committed suicide., The man who save Great Britain from the German U-boats was ill treated by his nation. Proving once again that no good deed shall go unpunished.

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24 May 2012, 9:21 am

The guy who invinted LSD. and Gordon Freeman

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24 May 2012, 7:57 pm

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Oh man...Isaac Newton!! ! I've loved him since 8 or 9th grade. Love gravity and his 3 rules of motion. I did a book report on him and read a small biography about him. He was my 8th grade nerd crush! Plus he had nice hair. Looks like Robert Plant lol!!

Did you know that he was a religious mystic and an alchemist. He wrote three times more stuff on the secret meaning of the bible than he did on natural science.

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26 May 2012, 4:38 pm

Charles Darwin is pretty insparational but Sigmund Freud is my favorite.

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26 May 2012, 8:30 pm

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Charles Darwin is pretty insparational but Sigmund Freud is my favorite.

Oh Doktor Freud, Herr Doctor Freud

How we wish you had been differently empolyed

Instead of fooling with neurosis, you could have cured scleorosis

Oh what a waste Herr Doktor Freud.

Freudian psychiatry/psychology is pseudo-scientific crap-doodle.

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26 May 2012, 9:16 pm

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Freudian psychiatry/psychology is pseudo-scientific crap-doodle.

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Isn't that true of most brands of psychology?

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27 May 2012, 2:31 am

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How come I have never thought that! Hmmm.... That would explain a lot. :lol:

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27 May 2012, 6:00 am

Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.

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27 May 2012, 6:34 am

Does Norman Borlaug count as a scientist?

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27 May 2012, 9:55 am

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Does Norman Borlaug count as a scientist?

Yes. He was an applied geneticist.

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27 May 2012, 11:37 pm

AstroGeek wrote:

ruveyn wrote:

Freudian psychiatry/psychology is pseudo-scientific crap-doodle.

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Isn't that true of most brands of psychology?

His was first. Though he also stumbled across a viable psychological treatment - talking to someone about your problems. He thought it worked in some really complicated way though, possibly to justify the amount of money he was charging people...

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