This is why I'm so thankful for scientists like Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan, who have put themselves very much in the public eye as positive representati

This is why I'm so thankful for scientists like Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan, who have put themselves very much in the public eye as positive representatives of hard science. Similarly, the Mythbusters cast, Bill Nye, and others that are not particularly "notable" scientists (as far as I know) but have done a great deal to make it more accessible to aspiring scientists.