# Who is your favorite Scientist

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764 "2010-06-03T14:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764/61 "2010-06-09T18:30:05Z")

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He’s already been mentioned numerous times, but Feynman is mine. His books ([_Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman_](http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276107998&sr=8-1) and [_The Pleasure of Finding Things Out_](http://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Finding-Things-Out-Richard/dp/0465023959/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276107998&sr=8-11)) are awesome. I don’t know if half of the stories he tells in his books are true, but if they’re not, it just means that he’s writes great fiction as well as being a great scientist. I particularly loved the stories about lock picking at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764/62 "2010-06-10T13:00:09Z")

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My new favorite scientist is Dr. Pardis Sabeti, [hot](http://alumnibulletin.med.harvard.edu/bulletin/autumn2007/images/sabeti.jpg) [chick](http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/images/tools_tips/outreach/loreal_wis_2009/sabeti_lab.jpg) and [rocker](http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/images/04-sabe-01.jpg).

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764/63 "2010-06-10T23:52:20Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> My new favorite scientist is Dr. Pardis Sabeti, [hot](http://alumnibulletin.med.harvard.edu/bulletin/autumn2007/images/sabeti.jpg) [chick](http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/images/tools_tips/outreach/loreal_wis_2009/sabeti_lab.jpg) and [rocker](http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/images/04-sabe-01.jpg).

ZOMG! She’s [Buckaroo Banzai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckaroo_Banzai#Buckaroo_Banzai)!

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