**Be Gone: **
Fermat, Pierre de
Feynman, Richard
Hubble, Edwin
Neumann, John von
Leibnitz, Gottfried
Mendel, Gregor
I’ll save my save for later.
Blood! More blood!
Edwin Hubble
Christiaan Huygens
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
Nicola Tesla
Gregor Mendel
Richard Feynmann
Eliminate:
Fermat
Feynman
Huygens
Neumann
Pauling
Keep:
Eratosthenes
Leeuwenhoek
Eliminate:
Fermi, Enrico
Franklin, Ben
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van
Leibnitz
Mendel, Gregor
Tesla
Current votes:
Feynman, Richard : 4
Neumann, John von : 4
Fermat, Pierre de : 3
Hubble, Edwin : 3
Leibnitz, Gottfried : 3
Mendel, Gregor : 3
Pauling, Linus : 3
Tesla, Nicolai : 3
Franklin, Benjamin : 2
Huygens, Christiaan : 2
Fermi, Enrico : 1
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 2-1
Eratosthenes : 1-1
In the absence of any new votes, the first two listed above will be Evicted.
Evict:
Fermat, Pierre de
Hubble, Edwin
Leibnitz, Gottfried
Mendel, Gregor
Pauling, Linus
Eratosthenes
How about evicting those on 3 votes as well?
I’m not sure Players are aware that I retain old votes and count them, unless superseded with a new order from that Player.
For example, Prof. Pepperwinkle had votes on Feynman and von Neumann in the previous round and I included those “old” votes in the intermediate count I gave in post #25. He has just posted new votes with those names deleted. If he did this because those are “goners” anyway, he’s mistaken — their vote counts just dropped to 3.
I have no firm rule for the Eviction threshold, and will try to tune it, as we go, according to pace and participation.
(I’ve received confirmation from the Professor.) Final vote counts for the round are
Fermat, Pierre de : 4
Leibnitz, Gottfried : 4
Mendel, Gregor : 4
Feynman, Richard : 3
Hubble, Edwin : 3
Neumann, John von : 3
Pauling, Linus : 3
Tesla, Nicolai : 3
Franklin, Benjamin : 2
Huygens, Christiaan : 2
Fermi, Enrico : 1
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 2-1
Eratosthenes : 1-1
Fermat, Leibnitz, and Mendel are gone.
Round Three is over. Round Four will end about 12:30 pm EST on Wednesday, January 17.
For Round Four, again you may cast six Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote, or five Evicts and two Keeps.
Thirty-seven Scientists remain in contention:
300 BC Euclid - math
287 BC Archimedes - math, physics
267 BC Eratosthenes - math, astronomy
1473 Copernicus, Nicolas - astronomy
1514 Vesalius, Andreas - founder of anatomical sciences
1564 Galileo - physics, astronomy, etc.
1571 Kepler, Johannes - astronomy, math
1627 Boyle, Robert - chemistry, physics
1629 Huygens, Christiaan - optics, physics
1632 Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van - microbiology, microscopy
1642 Newton, Sir Isaac - math, physics
1706 Franklin, Benjamin - physics, etc.
1707 Euler, Leonhard - math
1707 Linnaeus, Carolus - botany, taxonomy
1743 Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
1745 Volta, Alessandro - chemistry, physics
1777 Gauss, Karl - math, astronomy
1791 Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
1809 Darwin, Charles - biology
1822 Pasteur, Louis - chemistry, biology
1831 Maxwell, James Clerk - physics
1834 Mendeleev, Dmitri - chemistry
1856 Tesla, Nicolai - physics, invention
1858 Planck, Max - quantum physics
1867 Curie, Marie - radioactivity
1871 Rutherford, Ernest - nuclear physics, atomic theory, radioactivity.
1879 Einstein, Albert - physics
1885 Bohr, Niels - atomic physics
1889 Hubble, Edwin - astronomy
1901 Pauling, Linus - chemistry
1901 Fermi, Enrico - atomic physics
1901 Heisenberg, Werner - quantum theory
1903 Neumann, John von - computer science, etc.
1912 Turing, Alan - computer science, etc.
1914 Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
1918 Feynman, Richard - physics
1928 Watson, James - Dna
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
38. Leibnitz, Gottfried - math, physics, etc.
39. Mendel, Gregor - genetics
40. Fermat, Pierre de - math, optics
41. Franklin, Rosalind - chemistry, X-ray crystallography
42. Boas, Franz - anthropology
43. Bernard, Claude - physiology
44. Meitner, Lise - atomic physics
45. Aristotle - philosophy, geology, biology, etc.
46. Liebig, Justus von - organic chemistry
47. Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham - physics, etc.
48. Boltzmann, Ludwig - thermodynamics
49. Lyell, Charles - geology
50. Dirac, Paul - physics
Evict:
Feynman, Richard
Neumann, John von
Pauling, Linus
Mendeleev, Dmitri
Lavoisiere, Antoine
Eratosthenes
Eliminate:
Feynman
Huygens
Neumann
Pauling
Tesla
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek
Mendeleev
Getting tougher and tougher to cut – I’d have spared Tesla from eviction and retained Eratosthenes as a “save” had I had a 4/3 option.
With less than 12 hours to go, the vote counts are
Feynman, Richard : 4
Neumann, John von : 4
Tesla, Nicolai : 4
Pauling, Linus : 3
Franklin, Benjamin : 2
Hubble, Edwin : 2
Huygens, Christiaan : 2
Fermi, Enrico : 1
Lavoisier, Antoine : 1
Mendeleev, Dmitri : 1
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 2-1
Eratosthenes : 1-1
Things are getting bloody! Last round two key inventors of the infinitesimal calculus were evicted along with the man who discovered how Darwinian evolution was possible. This round we’re en route to eliminating two of the very greatest geniuses born in the 20th century, along with a man who in popular surveys is often called “greatest scientist (or geek) ever.”
Oops! :o I failed to record Keep votes properly. Two lines in the vote summary need correction:
Mendeleev, Dmitri : 1-1
Eratosthenes : 1
(This doesn’t affect the vote leaders.)
Eliminate:
Feynman
Neumann
Turing
Hubble
Pauling
Leeuwenhoek
Keep:
Tesla
It is nearly time for **Tesla **to depart, but not yet. He still added more to science and in leaps and bounds ahead of some of the the others still on the list. He may not be one of the all time greatest, but he deserves the next circle.
Eliminated:
[del]Feynman, Richard[/del]
[del]Neumann, John von[/del]
[del]Pauling, Linus[/del]
Round Four is over. Round Five will end about 12:30 pm EST on Friday, January 19.
For Round Four, again you may cast six Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote, or five Evicts and two Keeps. Participation is very low. I’ve PM’ed all the participants in the previous thread (except the two with PMs disabled). Please ask your friends to show up and vote!
Thirty-four Scientists remain in contention:
Archimedes - math, physics
Bohr, Niels - atomic physics
Boyle, Robert - chemistry, physics
Copernicus, Nicolas - astronomy
Curie, Marie - radioactivity
Darwin, Charles - biology
Einstein, Albert - physics
Eratosthenes - math, astronomy
Euclid - math
Euler, Leonhard - math
Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
Fermi, Enrico - atomic physics
Franklin, Benjamin - physics, etc.
Galileo - physics, astronomy, etc.
Gauss, Karl - math, astronomy
Heisenberg, Werner - quantum theory
Hubble, Edwin - astronomy
Huygens, Christiaan - optics, physics
Kepler, Johannes - astronomy, math
Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van - microbiology, microscopy
Linnaeus, Carolus - botany, taxonomy
Maxwell, James Clerk - physics
Mendeleev, Dmitri - chemistry
Newton, Sir Isaac - math, physics
Pasteur, Louis - chemistry, biology
Planck, Max - quantum physics
Rutherford, Ernest - nuclear physics, atomic theory, radioactivity.
Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
Tesla, Nicolai - physics, invention
Turing, Alan - computer science, etc.
Vesalius, Andreas - founder of anatomical sciences
Volta, Alessandro - chemistry, physics
Watson, James - Dna
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
35. Feynman, Richard - physics
36. Neumann, John von - computer science, etc.
37. Pauling, Linus - chemistry
38. Leibnitz, Gottfried - math, physics, etc.
39. Mendel, Gregor - genetics
40. Fermat, Pierre de - math, optics
41. Franklin, Rosalind - chemistry, X-ray crystallography
42. Boas, Franz - anthropology
43. Bernard, Claude - physiology
44. Meitner, Lise - atomic physics
45. Aristotle - philosophy, geology, biology, etc.
46. Liebig, Justus von - organic chemistry
47. Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham - physics, etc.
48. Boltzmann, Ludwig - thermodynamics
49. Lyell, Charles - geology
50. Dirac, Paul - physics
Evict:
Eratosthenes
Bohr, Niels
Lavoisier, Antoine
Mendeleev, Dmitri
Gauss, Karl
Franklin, Benjamin
Eliminate:
Gauss
Hubble
Huygens
Tesla
Turing
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek
Mendeleev
Current votes are
Franklin, Benjamin : 3
Hubble, Edwin : 3
Tesla, Nicolai : 4-1
Gauss, Karl : 2
Huygens, Christiaan : 2
Turing, Alan : 2
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 3-1
Bohr, Niels : 1
Eratosthenes : 1
Fermi, Enrico : 1
Lavoisier, Antoine : 1
Mendeleev, Dmitri : 1-1
However, participation has become very low. Unless we get at least one more active participant, I think I’ll postpone the end of Round Five until next week.
Eliminated:
[del]Franklin, Benjamin[/del]
[del]Hubble, Edwin[/del]
[del]Tesla, Nicolai[/del]
[del]Gauss, Karl[/del] (*)
Round Five is over. Round Six will end about 11:40 pm EST on Wednesday, January 24.
Let’s increase the vote pace slightly: For Round Six, you may cast seven Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote, or six Evicts and two Keeps. I am open to suggestion on other ways to continue this game. (* - Gauss received only two votes, but they were both recent votes.)
Thirty Scientists remain in contention:
Archimedes - math, physics
Bohr, Niels - atomic physics
Boyle, Robert - chemistry, physics
Copernicus, Nicolas - astronomy
Curie, Marie - radioactivity
Darwin, Charles - biology
Einstein, Albert - physics
Eratosthenes - math, astronomy
Euclid - math
Euler, Leonhard - math
Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
Fermi, Enrico - atomic physics
Galileo - physics, astronomy, etc.
Heisenberg, Werner - quantum theory
Huygens, Christiaan - optics, physics
Kepler, Johannes - astronomy, math
Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van - microbiology, microscopy
Linnaeus, Carolus - botany, taxonomy
Maxwell, James Clerk - physics
Mendeleev, Dmitri - chemistry
Newton, Sir Isaac - math, physics
Pasteur, Louis - chemistry, biology
Planck, Max - quantum physics
Rutherford, Ernest - nuclear physics, atomic theory, radioactivity.
Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
Turing, Alan - computer science, etc.
Vesalius, Andreas - founder of anatomical sciences
Volta, Alessandro - chemistry, physics
Watson, James - Dna
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
31. Gauss, Karl
32. Tesla, Nicolai
33. Franklin, Benjamin
34. Hubble, Edwin
35. Feynman, Richard - physics
36. Neumann, John von - computer science, etc.
37. Pauling, Linus - chemistry
38. Leibnitz, Gottfried - math, physics, etc.
39. Mendel, Gregor - genetics
40. Fermat, Pierre de - math, optics
41. Franklin, Rosalind - chemistry, X-ray crystallography
42. Boas, Franz - anthropology
43. Bernard, Claude - physiology
44. Meitner, Lise - atomic physics
45. Aristotle - philosophy, geology, biology, etc.
46. Liebig, Justus von - organic chemistry
47. Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham - physics, etc.
48. Boltzmann, Ludwig - thermodynamics
49. Lyell, Charles - geology
50. Dirac, Paul - physics
Eliminate:
Curie
Huygens
Maxwell
Turing
Vesalius
Watson
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek
Mendeleev