This issue of Nautilus deals with fame: what it is, where it resides, and why. But we all know that fame is a fickle beast, smiling upon a fortunate few and forsaking others who are more deserving. So, tell us, who should be more famous than they are? Who’s the most underrated scientist, thinker, artist?
Rose Eveleth is Nautilus’ special media manager.
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Despite steep odds, she became the first woman in France to earn a doctorate in science
On this day almost four centuries ago, the father of modern science was forced to bow to political and religious pressure to save his life
And researchers have a new theory for her untimely demise
The Soviet Union beat the United States to the punch by 20 years
Two-thousand-year-old grape seeds yield viticultural insight in the Chianti wine region
But a Frenchman beat him to the electric punch by a month
