The selection of the world's greatest physicist held in 2000 was not the greatest scientist.

The ranking at that time was: 1 Einstein 2 Newton 3 Maxwell. . . . . "Galileo"

Until now, the three greatest physicists in the world are still recognized as Einstein, Newton and Maxwell.

1, Newton stood on the shoulders of Galileo, Tycho and Kepler, and established a complete theoretical system of classical mechanics.

Maxwell established a complete electromagnetic theory system on the shoulders of predecessors such as Coulomb, Gauss, Ohm, Ampere and Faraday.

Einstein established the framework of modern physics on the shoulders of Planck Schrodinger and others.

These three people are all masters of physics.

There are also three mathematicians recognized in the world: 1 Archimedes, 2 Newton, 3 Gauss (of course, I personally think Euler can become the fourth largest mathematician in the world).

Special praise should be given to Newton, who is one of the three greatest mathematicians and physicists in the world.

Therefore, considering the whole natural science, Newton will eventually be elected as the greatest scientist in the world.

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