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This is a list of best scientists in their respective fields to have ever lived. Prove me wrong, /sci/:

Mathematics: Carl Gauss

Physics: Albert Einstein

Chemistry: Antoine Lavoisier

Logic: Gottlob Frege

Statistics: Thomas Bayes

Computer science: Alan Turing

Astronomy: Galileo Galilei

Biology: Charles Darwin

Geography: Alexander von Humboldt

Ecology: Rachel Carson

Sociology: Emile Durkheim

Political science: Kenneth Waltz

Linguistics: Noam Chomsky

Economics: John Keynes

Anthropology: Edward Tylor

Jurisprudence: Herbert Hart

Psychology: Burrhus Skinner

Philosophy of science: Stephen Toulmin

Philosophy: Immanuel Kant

>> No.8803510

>>8803505
>Science
>Jurisprudence
>Philosophy

Wat? Also get a fucking wordpress faggot.

>> No.8803520

>>8803510
>Jurisprudence is not a science
By definition it is a science of law
>Philosophy is not a science
Read W. V. O. Quine

>> No.8803522

>>8803505
>knowing this much about every field
I'm on the fence between saying it's impressive you're so knowledgeable, to saying you wasted a ton of time and don't know anything. Like jurisprudence. What the fuck is that? Did you google "list of science subjects," find jurisprudence, and then spend hours reading about all the scientist in that field?

>> No.8803525

>>8803505
Science isn't chess. You can't just say one person trumps all others.

>> No.8803531 [DELETED] 

>>8803505
>Physics: Albert Einstein
>Not Nikola Tesla

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>> No.8803600

>>8803531
hello brainlet

>> No.8803606

>>8803531
Subhuman also it's Newton, lol at chomsky just lol

>> No.8803616

>Mathematics
>Logic
>Statistics
>Computer science
>Sociology
>Political science
>Linguistics
>Economics
>Jurisprudence
>Psychology
>Philosophy

Not science! :-)

>> No.8803965

>>8803505


Here's my list:

>Mathematics: John von Neumann

>Physics: Isaac Newton

>Chemistry: Fritz Haber (mainly due to his invention of artificial ammonia synthesis, arguably the most important chemical discovery in the history of the world)

>Philosophy: Friedrich Nietzsche

>> No.8803970

>>8803606
>>newton
Yes!! Yes!!!
>>8803965

>> No.8803978

This is bait

>> No.8803993

>alan turning
>noam fuckwitsky

Lol how blue pilled can you get?

>> No.8804179

Mathematics: i'd say Neumann
Physics: Newton
Chemistry: Mendeleev
Logic: Kurt Gödel
Astronomy: Newton Again
Biology: Charles Darwin, only because he screwed over the first word of the chruch
Philosophy: Nietzsche

>> No.8804188

>>8803505
Mathematics: Niels Henrik Abel

>> No.8804201

>>8803505
>Psychology
>Not Freud
>inb4 Psychoanalysis is pseudoscience
Today it is irrelevant, but back in the day it was fundamental.

>> No.8804231

>>8804179
>>8803965
>Nietzsche
lmao

at best he was good at shitting on other peoples philosophy, none of his own ideas are anything worthwhile. but I guess he's popular with edgy repressed teens with an inflated idea of their self worth.

>> No.8804365

>>8803505
Computer Science: Steve Jobs

>> No.8804371

>>8804365
>Steve Jobs
>Not RMS
kys

Sincerely, /g/

>> No.8804377

>>8804371
>worshipping a toe-fungus-eating, marxist walrus
ishygddt

>> No.8805562

>>8804371
what important results did rms come up with? literally worthless.

>> No.8805565

>>8803505
>best
there's probably hundreds of scientists that live today that are better than those

they just lived in times when things were being discovered

>> No.8805568

>>8805565
yeah I bet you would have discovered all that if you were there smarty pants

>> No.8805571

>>8804231
>anything worthwhile
Literally the XX century has been influenced by all his ideas you ignorant cunt.

>le popular among x
Nice argument. Still everything post-Nietzsche is pseudoscientific psychology-based axioms babble anyway.

Keep deluding yourself pseud.>>>/lit/

>> No.8805576

>>8803505
>tfw no Nikola Tesla

>> No.8805585

>>8805576
meme engineer

>> No.8805618

>>8805568
me?no

somebody? yes

>> No.8805745

>>8803616
>Science & MATH
Though I agree that below sociology (inclusive) has no place here; Logic, Statistics and CompSci all have very very firm mathematical groundings and all require mathematical reasoning and theory to develop them and thus are welcome on the science and MATH board

>> No.8805751

>>8803505
Mathematics: Euler

>> No.8805768
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>>8803505
>Physics: Albert Einstein
>Biology: Charles Darwin
>Linguistics: Noam Chomsky
>Economics: John Keynes
>Psychology: Burrhus Skinner
>Philosophy: Immanuel Kant

>> No.8805797

>>8803505
You literally just picked the most memed scientists within each field... Well done OP, you dun' goof'd

>> No.8805801

>>8803531
I remember being thirteen

>> No.8805803

>>8803505
>Discover something first
>hurry best scientist ever

Pro tip. The average scientist today contributes more overall then aNY of these granpas.

He'll Turing cotributes nothing other than a concept in a paper. Claiming he invented computers is like saying Da Vinci invented airplanes.

>> No.8805811

none of these people are scientists though bro.

They are all THEORETICAL Scientists.

there is a big difference

you need to able to test observe and repeat your theories

example ; can you show me a practical example of a body of water conforming to the exterior of a shape?

>> No.8805815

bow to your gods.....

these men you have never met

who wrote books you have never read

and all the while you have faith in their lies

sounds like you just joined a religion bro

>> No.8805817

>>8805803
The time of discovering is essential.
With the knowledge people had at that time, then there is a great likelihood the others wouldn't have reached the same conclusion with the same evidence, until years later.
If Mendel for instance didn't discover dominant and recessive genes, then someone else probably would have - but it could be decades later.
If one could rewrite the history and make a large number of these scientist die as children - there is a good chance we would be decades behind in our scientific understanding of the world.

>> No.8805836

How is von Neumann a meme? I don't think he is, but other math threads called him a meme

>> No.8806311

>>8803505
>Carl Gauss
Stop memeing his name he is called "Gauß".

>> No.8806312

>>8805811
The earth's oceans.

>> No.8806314

>>8805811
>They are all THEORETICAL Scientists.
aka. the only scientists who ever did something remotely useful.

"Applications" are a meme, every idiot (also known as engineers) can do that.

>> No.8806518

Physics: Newton
Life: Richard Feynman

>> No.8807511

>>8805562
his early work in ai research with sussman is still extremely relevant after decades.

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8807521

>>8803505
this guy

>> No.8807618

>>8807511
classical (symbolic) ai is irrelevant

>> No.8807637

>Entire thread
>No mention of Maxwell or Boltzmann

Up your game

>> No.8807648

>>8803505
Newton should be mathematics and physics

>> No.8807892

>>8805745
>Logic
>very very firm mathematical groundings
triggered.

>> No.8807929

>>8803616
Psychology is empirical science you dumbass

>> No.8807932

>>8807929
explain the replication crisis then

>> No.8809697

>>8803505
Maths: Mochizuki

Physics: The Bogdanoffs

Philosophy: Sam Harris

Astronomy: Neil DeGrasse

Magic: Grothendieck

Psychology: Elliot Rodger

Philosophy of Science: Richard Dawkins

Chemistry: Ted Kaczynski

Economics: Ben Bernanke

Political Science: Sdefan Molymew

Anthropology: Varg Vikernes

Computer Science: Bill Gates

Biology: Ken Ham

>> No.8809699

>>8804188
Galois

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8809702

witen. just...

>> No.8809718

>>8803505

>keynes
how is that broken window working for you m8?

>einstein
a fucking plagiarist

>> No.8809722

Memeology: richard dawkins

>> No.8809743

>>8803505
>Economics: John Keynes
Funny way of spelling Ludwig Von Mises

>> No.8809751

>>8804231
Are you the faggot Mathematician from the previous thread?

>> No.8809978

>>8803965
>Nietzsche
Hahahaha! Mongoloid tier sophistry.

>> No.8809986

Geology: James Hutton

>> No.8810516

>having an iota of respect for any economist ever
So far, every economic theory has turned out to be just a flawed ideology. The point of science is to make models that predict reality, not to justify your personal utopias.

>> No.8810536

>>8803505

Physics[edit]
Figure Index score
Isaac Newton 100
Albert Einstein 100
Ernest Rutherford 88
Michael Faraday 86
Galileo Galilei 83
Henry Cavendish 57
Niels Bohr 52
J. J. Thomson 50
James Clerk Maxwell 50
Pierre Curie 47
Gustav Kirchhoff 43
Enrico Fermi 42
Werner Heisenberg 41
Marie Curie 41
Paul Dirac 40
James Prescott Joule 40
Christiaan Huygens 39
William Gilbert 37
Thomas Young 37
Robert Hooke 36


Mathematics[edit]
Figure Index score
Leonhard Euler 100
Isaac Newton 89
Euclid 83
Carl Friedrich Gauss 81
Pierre de Fermat 72
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 72
René Descartes 54
Georg Cantor 50
Blaise Pascal 47
Bernhard Riemann 47
David Hilbert 40
Jakob Bernoulli 40
Diophantus 39
Gerolamo Cardano 37
François Viète 36
Adrien-Marie Legendre 36
John Wallis 36
Augustin-Louis Cauchy 35
Fibonacci 34
Archimedes 33


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Accomplishment

>> No.8810952

>>8803616
Can't speak for the others but linguistics is definitely science. You probably don't have a clue what it is though. You probably think it's about translating and interpreting, or documenting and classifying obscure languages.

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>>8803505
I don't know what I'm doing how do I fix this chart and add more subfields

>> No.8811023

>>8803505
Phi of Science: Kuhn

>> No.8811100

>>8811023
his model for scientific revolutions doesn't match up with what actually happens at all

>> No.8811146

Computer Science ... Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. Bill Joy, too.

Computer Engineering ... Lynn Conway and Carver Mead.

>> No.8812057

>>8803505
>Logic: Frege
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

>> No.8812072

>>8803505
Oh anon... there must be more women right? Like... Ada Lovelace!

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>>8803505

Biology : Charles Darwin

Physics : Albert Einstein

Chemistry : Antoine Lavoisier


Your list is pretty perfect (but please, sociology, political science, linguistics, etc are not science)

>> No.8812501

>>8803522
You're only impressed co's you're fucking dumb

>> No.8812725 [DELETED] 

>>8811013
pls respond

>> No.8812750

>>8803505
I agree for the most part. However I disagree on some:
>physics
Isaac Newton
>economics
Ludwig von Mises
>philosophy
Aristotle

>> No.8812752

>>8803978
This. Einstein, Turing and Darwin are red flags.