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Asked by aimeex to Nikki, Jess, Harriet, Chris, Andy on 4 Mar 2016.
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Christopher Blanford answered on 4 Mar 2016:
Hi again, Aimee X.
Linus Pauling. He won _two_ Nobel prizes, one for chemistry and one for peace.
After that, it’s Richard Feynman. He was a great teacher, a great physicist and sounded like a fun dude,* too.
Chris
*That’s the American coming through. Try saying it like ‘doooodddd’.
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Harriet Reid answered on 4 Mar 2016:
I think probably Dorothy Hodgkin, she got the nobel prize for developing protein x-ray crystallography ( a way of using x-rays to look at the shape of protein). It was really important in the development of many modern medicines.
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andy chapman answered on 4 Mar 2016:
From history, that is very hard to answer as they were absolutely ridiculously clever coming up with everything we base all our knowledge on now with the technology they had. I am going to say Dr Ben Goldacre now – A medical doctor, not that well known for ‘scientific discoveries’ but he is an absolute champion for making science ethical.
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Nikki D'Arcy answered on 6 Mar 2016:
Oooh great question! Well, I love David Attenborough. He is the king of natural science! There are so many awesome scientists past and present but I would go for Rosalind Franklin. She helped to figure out the structure of DNA which was a major discovery. Also Louis Pasteur and Alexander Flemming. Oh and Stephen Hawking. I need to stop now dont I?!? Too many! 🙂
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Jessica Groppi answered on 6 Mar 2016:
Hi Aimeex!
There are a lot of cool very famous scientists that I like, but I would pick Professor J.J. Gooding, whose research has inspired a lot of my PhD project, and Professor D. Leigh, just because I like his research.
I was lucky to see them both present live!Jess.
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