Ever since Carl Sagan's Cosmos Johannes Kepler has been my favorite scientist. He had some crackpot ideas but saw the error of his ways and reached good conclusions. I enjoyed Terence Tao's description of how he discovered his laws of planetary motion. He had insights into lots of areas. Generally a good guy (even if there were flaws).
Ever since Carl Sagan's Cosmos Johannes Kepler has been my favorite scientist. He had some crackpot ideas but saw the error of his ways and reached good conclusions. I enjoyed Terence Tao's description of how he discovered his laws of planetary motion. He had insights into lots of areas. Generally a good guy (even if there were flaws).