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Originally Posted by tecoyah
I will nominate Stephen Hawking....but the reasons will not be clear for a couple decades.
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totally agreed! I second that nomination because Professor Stephen Hawking is more likely than anyone to unify General Relativity with Quantum Theory. That would arguabally be the most important accomplishment of science...ever. Physics Colloquiums - Quantum Cosmology, M-theory and the Anthropic Principle (1999) gave me goosebumps. The idea that strings are actually a super membrane and that there are 11 dimentions and possibily limitless amounts of other realities....*passes out*.
His dealing with his ALS is an inspiration in and of itself.
One problem. He's a brit!