I’ll go first
My favourite is Stephen Hawking
Yes he has contributed so much to physics and astronomy but the first time I heard about him I remember being told that since he couldn’t really move he used to use his tongue movements in some way to control his wheel chair and that he used eye movement sensing mechanism to type and stuff and I was completely awe struck
And maybe that was the first time I thought “science is cool”
I’ve Read The theory of everything and Brief answers to the big questions and love them both
I am yet to read the brief history of time though
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For me, it isnt even a question. Carl Sagan. He was a visionary and while Cosmos is dated now it requires very little revision to be brought up to date. I remember when the Cosmos series came out and i have probably watched it a dozen times over the year.
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I have an autographed copy of Cosmos. I was working at JPL at the time and had occasion to be at at meetings involving Cassini.
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@millerrobe that is very cool.
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Carl Sagan, of course, he was just awesome, which is an understatement. But I have to give a close #2 for Johannes Kepler, what he figured out 400+ years ago was simply amazing. I think no explanation for either, they were both geniuses.
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I would have to say Isaac Newton. His theory of gravity was the real start of what we now call astrophysics.
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@bkaras Sir Issac was in touch with the universe like no human EVER
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What a coincidence that I was learning Keplers laws just the other day
Brilliant guy
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This reminds me of Dr. Tyson’s …
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@PVarshini i love the …and then he turns 26 part
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I know right
I can’t imagine how it would feel to invent calculus
I literally struggle with limits on a daily basis😂
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@PVarshini i cant image what it would be like to discover anything lol
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