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Michael Faraday. Sir Isaac Newton. James Clerk Maxwell. (among many others) There are quite a few folks on there that have undoubtedly placed themselves among
by eigenvector 14y ago
Michael Faraday.
Sir Isaac Newton.
James Clerk Maxwell.
(among many others)
There are quite a few folks on there that have undoubtedly placed themselves among the very highest class of contributors to the advancement of humanity.
- SEMW 14y agoIt isn't, and shouldn't, be a matter of just picking your top four people and saying they should be on the notes forever. It changes with each new note series. Newton was on the D-series £1 note. Michael Faraday was on the E-series £20 note (only withdrawn a decade ago) (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England_note_issues#Denominations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England_note_issues#Den... ). Why cycle them back in so soon? Give some others a chance.
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- endtime 14y agoAre you suggesting Turing is not in the highest class of contributors to the advancement of humanity?
- dkarl 14y agoYou're right about Maxwell. The other two have already appeared on banknotes. (The ones highlighted in grey have already appeared on banknotes, though there's some inconsistency between the highlighting and Wikipedia's list of people on UK currency.) Other scientists, mathematicians, and technical innovators already honored: Kelvin, Darwin, James Watt, Florence Nightingale, George Stephenson, Alexander Graham Bell, and Alexander Fleming.
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