10. Johann Konrad Dippel - 17th-century alchemist, famous for his quest for elixirs of immortality.
9. Wernher von Braun - the brain behind the rockets used in the early space and lunar exploration programs.
8. Robert Oppenheimer - the head of the Manhattan Project.
7. Freeman Dyson - came up with the idea of the Dyson Sphere.
6. Richard Feynman - also part of the Manhattan Project and one of the most important scientists of the late 20th century.
5. Jack Parsons - co-founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, called himself the Antichrist.
4. James Lovelock - inventor of the world-as-superorganism Gaia Hypothesis, made a lot of true predictions about or current climate change.
3. Nikola Tesla - inventor of the wireless radio and the AC generator, used his body as an electrical conductor in public demonstrations.
2. Leonardo da Vinci - an inventor way ahead of his time; need I say more?
1. Albert Einstein - theory of relativity, huge contributor to the gravitation and quantum theory.
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