qed at pobox.com (Paul Hsieh) writes:
>In article <6u6qrt$gsp$1 at news.indy.net>, d9090 at indy.net says...
>> Issac Newton. (that from a Shakespeare and huge Beethovan fan.)
Certainly very important.
>Well for the men, I'll throw in:
>- Andrew Wiley (proved Fermat's last theorem, possibly the greatest
>intellectual feat of all time.)
I believe it is "Wiles". His feat was noteworthy, but let's not
overrate its importance.
>- John von Neuman (inventor of the computer, the ultimate society
>assisting invention of man.)
Very important for other things too. He easily beats Wiles, but
doesn't make it as MOTM.
>- Mikhail Gorbachev (made the greatest and most important peace in the
>history of mankind.)
One of history's losers. He will go down as a footnote.
>- Charles Darwin (for discovering probably the most fundamental law
>governing life.)
His work is important. But talk of evolution was already in the
air. I think the theory was inevitable even without Darwin. You
might want to give some credit to Linneaus whose classification
scheme helped to bring out the evidence for evolution.