Any household name from the STEM fields. Most people don’t get into those fields with the intention of becoming famous.
Those that do are often cranks, which, mostly to their annoyance, usually ends in infamy, not fame.
Some those that have had fame thrust upon them adapted pretty well to it. Stephen Hawking was a notable example.
Others really wanted nothing to do with it and have shunned the attention. Grigori Perelman is arguably better known for not wanting to be well known than he is for his mathematical work. (This assertion coming from my remembering his name and his desire to be left alone, but not the theorems he proved.)
Hard disagree. My colleague’s ranks are rife with narcissists who take any opportunity to get quoted or pictured when a new paper is published. They yearn for awards.
I thought this just pathetic old men when I was in my 30s and now in my 50s I can confirm it’s just pathetic old men. They are dumbfounded as to why I send me trainees to speak and put them in front of press releases.
Any household name from the STEM fields. Most people don’t get into those fields with the intention of becoming famous.
Those that do are often cranks, which, mostly to their annoyance, usually ends in infamy, not fame.
Some those that have had fame thrust upon them adapted pretty well to it. Stephen Hawking was a notable example.
Others really wanted nothing to do with it and have shunned the attention. Grigori Perelman is arguably better known for not wanting to be well known than he is for his mathematical work. (This assertion coming from my remembering his name and his desire to be left alone, but not the theorems he proved.)
Hard disagree. My colleague’s ranks are rife with narcissists who take any opportunity to get quoted or pictured when a new paper is published. They yearn for awards.
I thought this just pathetic old men when I was in my 30s and now in my 50s I can confirm it’s just pathetic old men. They are dumbfounded as to why I send me trainees to speak and put them in front of press releases.