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chrismpw said:
Tesla might push them. He has also gained a lot of appreciation these days. Properly redirected from the thief of ideas and innovation that was Edison.
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You think his ideas about wireless power transmission, death rays and things like that might come to pass? He was an absolute visionary genius no doubt, but seems to have operated on the border of science and science fiction. He didn't rate Einstein's theory of relativity, thought it was bollox :)
 

Black Belt Jones said:
You think his ideas about wireless power transmission, death rays and things like that might come to pass? He was an absolute visionary genius no doubt, but seems to have operated on the border of science and science fiction. He didn't rate Einstein's theory of relativity, thought it was bollox :)
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He (thankfully) fought for a.c. leccy while Edison and his powerful backers were going down the ridiculous route of d.c.

D.c. would have held the development of power transmission decades and it wouldn't work with transformers. Plus it's much more dangerous at high voltages.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
The Einstein must be fav for overall icon - he usually sweeps up, might watch that episode. Turing though seems to be increasingly well known nowadays - 20 years ago I doubt many people would even recognise the name. In 50 years when we're all plugged into the matrix 24/7 perhaps he, not Einstein, will be seen as the greatest scientist of the 20th.

FDR all day for greatest leader out of those four, but I doubt his legacy is appreciated as much over here.
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Watched it last night and was impressed with FDR. Didn't know he did all the things he did. He got my vote actually. Explorers tonight.
 
WA Toffee said:
While Thatcher is not everyones cup of tea (to put it mildly), being the first female pm, 10 years and 3 general elections or whatever it was definitley makes her an icon.
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Big no no there from me here and I would say the majority of Merseyside and the witch stopped are free milk in school
 

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