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Originally Posted by Bill_Hancoc
Who do you think out of the 6 (Newton, Curie, Archimedes, Galileo, Einstein, Da Vinchi) division "Founders" has inspired the most people or has made the most significant advancement in modern society. And why?
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You're asking two different questions here, not one.
For Inspiring people: daVinci. He was like a science fiction mastermind, and it's probably his artistic side that allowed his logical side to come up with all those crazy ideas. Face it, science fiction writers stole his ideas for centuries, before they started becoming realities.
Your second question "most significant advancement in modern society" would be answered by someone not on the list, namely Joseph Lister.
Capitalizing on Pasteur's work, Lister developed the antiseptic method. Why is this a significant advancement in modern society? Because before this method, it was common practice for 50% of patients who underwent surgery to die due to infection afterwards. If the antiseptic method had never been developed, many of our forefathers would not have survived long enough to ensure our existence.