I think Newton's own saying speaks it loud: "If I could see further that's because I was standing on top of Giants". 1.The Greek guy who measured the radius of the Earth back then (2000 years ago) (the guy would have obscured any programmer of today in imagination) 3. Galileo (500 yrs ago) 4. Newton (400 yrs ago) 5. Danish chap who actually found out almost precisely the speed of light just using a telescope (300 yrs ago) and a timer 5. Einstein (hundred years ago) 7. rohini_a (rediscovering the human sexuality) now The Oscar goes to rohini_a No hard feeling, please!