An apple fell on Newtons head and he said "Gravity made it fall on my head"
Well DUH! No sheit Sherlock!
Einstein on the other hand invented E=MC2 which means Eminem is twice the MC of other rappers, and Einstein was right boyyyy!
Tesla more important than both, put together, to modern life.
How many devices invented by Newton or Einstein are in daily use in today's world? There are billions of devices operating today that use parts and pieces invented by Nikola Tesla.
Not a contest.
"If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulder of giants." ~Isaac Newton
An apple fell on Newtons head and he said "Gravity made it fall on my head"
Well DUH! No sheit Sherlock!
Einstein on the other hand invented E=MC2 which means Eminem is twice the MC of other rappers, and Einstein was right boyyyy!
NEWTON HANDS DOWN!!!! INVENTED CALCULUS TO EXPLAIN HIS UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY!!!!!!
I don't see how it's arguable. Newton formulated the law of gravity, he perfected the laws of motion, and he invented calculus. Einstein was great, but not as key as was Newton.
Obviously Newton, with out him we wouldn't have gravity.
Still, I think Einstein is more "important" for us, if for no other reason than his discoveries may end up killing us all off! :-(
It is still too early in the history of science to rate Einstein but I feel that one day there will be Einstein and then there will be all the rest. There is not to diminish Newton but Einstein stands apart from other scientists.
In a book listing the 100 most influential people of all time, Newton was ranked second, right after Mohammed. Christ was third.
One must assume that the Berlin Academy of Science wasn't included in the poll.
For what it's worth, my top ten most influential scientists of all time would be:
1. Newton
2. Aristotle
3. Darwin
4. Gallileo
5. Copernicus
6. Einstein
7. Mendel
8. Maxwell
9. Fleming
10. Watt
Admittedly, I'm just an amateur student of history. But I'm stuck at work late and needed a break, so I thought I'd see if I'd I get a reaction...
I like Einstein ,but Newton is more important.
Not to demean Newton's rightful historical prominence at all, but just out of curiosity I wonder how much Newton's vote total by the Royal Society was enhanced by the fact that he was "one of the hometown boys" -- Newton was a very prominent early member of the Royal Society itself.
Even if the RS members weren't influenced by a fraternal connection to Newton, they'd still have a lot of reverence for Newton instilled into them via the long shadow Newton still casts over the Royal Society, more so than for "intermural" scientists like Einstein, etc.
It would be like an American politician being more prone to vote for Jefferson than for Winston Churchill in some poll of great leaders, just from a greater familiarity and common roots, regardless of their merits relating to the actual poll question.
And now for our next question, who was the more enlightened, the guy who invented the chisel or Michelangelo?
This is a surprise? There never would have been an Einstein if there never was a Newton.