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On Wed, 12 May 2010 00:40:11 +0200, Gilles Tran wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
> discussion : 4be9b5aa$1@news.povray.org...
>> http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2009/10/
>> the_top_five_most_famous_living_scientists.html
>
> Reading this list I realise that "famous living scientists" are probably
> more "locally" famous than world-famous. Of the 5 scientists cited in
> the blog, only Hawking is something of a star in France. The others are
> just unknown outside scientific circles. The French never hear about
> Dawkins because evolution and atheism are non-issues here. Climate
> change was not controversial until last year so we didn't hear about
> Hansen (and the controversy is mostly reduced to a couple of
> loudmouths). Watson & Crick were always overshadowed by Monod. Goodall
> got a couple of medals here but she isn't well known here either. On the
> other hand, local scientists or French-speaking ones like Trinh Xuan
> Thuan (US) or Hubert Reeves (Canadian) are popular figures, mostly due
> to media exposure.
>
> G.
Quite possibly true, though Dawkins is also known for his work in
genetics, so not just relating to evolution and atheism.
Jim
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