hi who is your favourite scientist

Question: hi who is your favourite scientist
- Keywords:
  colleague,
  favourite,
  inspiring,
  scientist
Asked by alfie98alfie to Mark, Helen, Jenni, Martin, Stu on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by redbow, cheesemane09, mennie13.
- Mark Burnley answered on 13 Jun 2011:
  
  Favourite scientist (all time): Richard Feynman (physicist)
  
  Favourite scientist (living): Brian Whipp (physiologist) – he examined my PhD thesis.
  
  Favourite popular scientist: Ben Goldacre (epidemiologist)
- Jenni Tilley answered on 14 Jun 2011:
  
  I don’t really have a favourite scientist. I’m inspired by the work of lots of people – from Issac Newton to James Dyson. Also a huge fan of Ben Goldacre – he tries to make sure journalists report science properly, which is a huge problem facing scientists.
- Helen O'Connor answered on 14 Jun 2011:
  
  Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – they did lots of really interesting research about how we make decisions, and how we don’t always make the most sensible or rational decisions. I did my master’s thesis about decision making in sport and wrote about their “prospect theory”
  
  I also really enjoy watching Brian Cox’s documentaries: particle physics isn’t my “thing” but the way he explained the Hadron Collider really made sense to me.
- Stuart Mourton answered on 14 Jun 2011:
  
  I have a couple of scientist in my area of study who are really great, Prof Micheal Khan was my supervisor for a lot of my early research and he is great. In terms of popular scientist though i’d go with Helen and say Brian Cox. I’m always interested in learning about new areas of science away from my own, and his programmes on space have got me really interested in that area!