Eliminate:
Christiaan Huygens
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
James Watson
Marie Curie
Johannes Kepler
Jonas Salk
Enrico Fermi
Eliminated:
[del]Curie, Marie[/del]
[del]Fermi, Enrico[/del]
[del]Huygens, Christiaan[/del]
[del]Turing, Alan[/del]
[del]Watson, James[/del]
(Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is saved by a Keep vote.)
Round Six is over (a little early). Round Seven will end about 11:40 pm EST on Friday, January 26.
For Round Seven, you may cast seven Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote, or six Evicts and two Keeps.
Twenty-five 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
1632 Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van - microbiology, microscopy
1642 Newton, Sir Isaac - math, physics
1707 Euler, Leonhard - math
1707 Linnaeus, Carolus - botany, taxonomy
1743 Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
1745 Volta, Alessandro - chemistry, physics
1791 Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
1809 Darwin, Charles - biology
1822 Pasteur, Louis - chemistry, biology
1831 Maxwell, James Clerk - physics
1834 Mendeleev, Dmitri - chemistry
1858 Planck, Max - quantum physics
1871 Rutherford, Ernest - atomic theory, radioactivity.
1879 Einstein, Albert - physics
1885 Bohr, Niels - atomic physics
1901 Heisenberg, Werner - quantum theory
1914 Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
**
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
26. Curie, Marie
27. Huygens, Christiaan
28. Fermi, Enrico
29. Turing, Alan
30. Watson, James
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
Evict:
Eratosthenes
Vesalius
Boyle
Euler
Lavoisier
Mendeleev
Rutherford
Keep:
Newton
Eliminate:
Lavoisier
Maxwell
Rutherford
Salk
Vesalius
Volta
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek
Mendeleev
If the current votes do not change, the top four on this list of votes will be eliminated:
Lavoisier, Antoine : 2
Rutherford, Ernest : 2
Salk, Jonas : 2
Vesalius, Andreas : 2
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 3-1
Boyle, Robert : 1
Eratosthenes : 1
Euler, Leonhard : 1
Kepler, Johannes : 1
Maxwell, James Clerk : 1
Volta, Alessandro : 1
Mendeleev, Dmitri : 1-1
Newton, Isaac: : 0-1
ETA: Color me sad. I think Lavoisier definitely belongs in the Top Twenty.
As just indicated, Lavoisier, Rutherford, Salk and Vesalius are evicted from Scientists’ Island.
Round Seven is over. Round Eight will end about 11:40 pm EST on Monday, January 29.
For Round Eight, you may cast seven Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote, or six Evicts and two Keeps.
Twenty-one Scientists remain in contention:
Archimedes - math, physics
Bohr, Niels - atomic physics
Boyle, Robert - chemistry, physics
Copernicus, Nicolas - astronomy
Darwin, Charles - biology
Einstein, Albert - physics
Eratosthenes - math, astronomy
Euclid - math
Euler, Leonhard - math
Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
Galileo - physics, astronomy, etc.
Heisenberg, Werner - quantum theory
Kepler, Johannes - astronomy, math
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
Volta, Alessandro - chemistry, physics
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
22. Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
23. Rutherford, Ernest - atomic theory, radioactivity.
24. Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
25. Vesalius, Andreas - founder of anatomical sciences
26. Curie, Marie
27. Huygens, Christiaan
28. Fermi, Enrico
29. Turing, Alan
30. Watson, James
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:
Bohr
Heisenberg
Kepler
Maxwell
Planck
Volta
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek
Mendeleev
You know the list is down to the elite when you decide that you can’t justify keeping one of your own nominations (Planck, in my case) around any longer.
Evict:
Leeuwenhoek
Euclid
Linnaeus
Pasteur
Volta
Eratosthenes
Heisenberg
Keep:
Maxwell
And wanted to note that Ben Franklin staying around so long was, imo, undeserved.
The Round will end in 2 hours. At present the vote totals are:
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 4-1
Kepler, Johannes : 2
Eratosthenes : 2
Heisenberg, Werner : 2
Volta, Alessandro : 2
Bohr, Niels : 1
Boyle, Robert : 1
Euclid : 1
Euler, Leonhard : 1
Linnaeus, Carolus : 1
Pasteur, Louis : 1
Planck, Max : 1
Maxwell, James Clerk : 1-1
Mendeleev, Dmitri : 1-1
Newton, Isaac: : 0-1
If these are the final votes, the first five scientists listed above may be evicted.
Participation is low, so I’ve reached into votes from six days ago to get the four names with 2 votes above. However, reaching only back six days the vote on Leeuwenhoek is just 2-1, not 4-1. To get the count up to 4-1, I have to reach all the way back to a player (Quartz) who hasn’t participated since January 13.
During the 2 hours remaining I’ll listen to arguments about whether delinquent Quartz’s vote should be allowed to eliminate the First Microbiologist! Then I’ll … flip a coin?
Evict:
Kepler, Johannes
Eratosthenes
Bohr, Niels
Boyle, Robert
Planck, Max
Maxwell, James Clerk
Mendeleev, Dmitri
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v
Scientists with two or more Evict votes and no Keeps are eliminated:
[del]Kepler, Johannes[/del]
[del]Bohr, Niels[/del]
[del]Eratosthenes[/del]
[del]Heisenberg, Werner[/del]
[del]Planck, Max[/del]
[del]Volta, Alessandro[/del]
Round Eight is over. Round Nine will end about 11:40 pm EST on Wednesday, January 31.
For Round Nine, votes will be REDUCED. You may cast five Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote, or four Evicts and two Keeps.
Fifteen Scientists remain in contention:
Archimedes - math, physics
Boyle, Robert - chemistry, physics
Copernicus, Nicolas - astronomy
Darwin, Charles - biology
Einstein, Albert - physics
Euclid - math
Euler, Leonhard - math
Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
Galileo - physics, astronomy, etc.
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
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
16. Bohr, Niels
17. Eratosthenes
18. Heisenberg, Werner
19. Planck, Max
20. Volta, Alessandro
21. Kepler, Johannes
22. Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
23. Rutherford, Ernest - atomic theory, radioactivity.
24. Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
25. Vesalius, Andreas - founder of anatomical sciences
26. Curie, Marie
27. Huygens, Christiaan
28. Fermi, Enrico
29. Turing, Alan
30. Watson, James
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
Keep:
Newton, Sir Isaac
Evict:
Boyle, Robert
Euler, Leonard
Linnaeus, Carolus
Maxwell, James C.
Mendeleev, Dmitri
Keep: Maxwell (seriously, he’s already been getting evict votes?)
Evict:
Leeuwenhoek
Boyle
Euler
Euclid
Linnaeus
Evict:
Linnaeus
Leeuwenhoek
Mendeleev
Euler
Keep:
Maxwell
Maxwell has got to remain at least as long as Faraday
Evict:
Boyle
Euler
Maxwell
Pasteur
Keep:
Leeuwenhoek
Linnaeus
Had I been given the option to retain three, I’d have kept Mendeleev and spared Pasteur, who will likely hang around anyway.
With an hour to go, the vote count is
Euler, Leonhard : 4
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie v. : 5-1
Boyle, Robert : 3
Linnaeus, Carolus : 3-1
Mendeleev, Dmitri : 2-0
Euclid : 1
Pasteur, Louis : 1
Maxwell, James Clerk : 2-2
Newton, Isaac: : 0-1
If these counts do not change, the first three listed will be evicted.
Three of the votes to Evict Van Leeuwenhoek are very old votes, placed by players who’ve not posted for a while. However even if these old votes are given only half value, Van Leeuwenhoek would still have a net of 2½ votes so … off the island he goes.
Three Scientists are evicted:
[del]Euler, Leonhard[/del]
[del]Boyle, Robert[/del]
[del]Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van[/del]
Round Nine is over. Round Ten will end about 11:40 pm EST on Friday, February 2.
For Round Ten you may cast four Evict (elimination) votes and one Keep vote.
Twelve Scientists remain in contention:
Archimedes - math, physics
Copernicus, Nicolas - astronomy
Darwin, Charles - biology
Einstein, Albert - physics
Euclid - math
Faraday, Michael - electromagnetism, etc.
Galileo - physics, astronomy, etc.
Linnaeus, Carolus - botany, taxonomy
Maxwell, James Clerk - physics
Mendeleev, Dmitri - chemistry
Newton, Sir Isaac - math, physics
Pasteur, Louis - chemistry, biology
Top Fifty Scientists who have already been Eliminated:
13. Leeuwenhoek, Antonie van
14. Boyle, Robert
15. Euler, Leonhard
16. Bohr, Niels
17. Eratosthenes
18. Heisenberg, Werner
19. Planck, Max
20. Volta, Alessandro
21. Kepler, Johannes
22. Lavoisier, Antoine - chemistry
23. Rutherford, Ernest - atomic theory, radioactivity.
24. Salk, Jonas - medicine, vaccination
25. Vesalius, Andreas - founder of anatomical sciences
26. Curie, Marie
27. Huygens, Christiaan
28. Fermi, Enrico
29. Turing, Alan
30. Watson, James
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
Top Twelve, eh?
Evict:
Archimedes
Faraday
Maxwell
Mendeleev
Keep:
Newton
Evict:
Euclid
Linnaeus
Mendeleev
Pasteur
Keep:
Maxwell
Evict:
Euclid
Faraday
Maxwell
Pasteur
Keep:
Linnaeus
Wishing I could retain Mendeleev as well, but I have more interest in biology than chemistry, so it’s time for Dmitri to go.