On Sun, 09 May 2010 19:55:29 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 May 2010 10:31:15 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> 
>>> But name just *one* scientist
>>> who's alive today who has done anything so world-alteringly
>>> significant that almost every man, women and child in the Western
>>> world knows their name.
>> 
>> Stephen Hawking.
> 
> Or Carl Sagan, for that matter. Or Dr Hubble.

Yes, I was thinking of Carl Sagan last night as an answer to that 
question.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson also came to mind, but he may be better known inside 
the US rather than outside it.

Jim

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