| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? 12:17 - Nov 2 with 4627 views | BrynCartwright |
So the Bank of England want public nominations for a scientist to adorn the new plastic £50 note.
Enter your nominations here:-
https://app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/1348443/10fc/
I went for Stephen Hawking. Bit obvious but at least relevant. They will probably select some petticoated Victorian lass I've never heard of because of gender imbalance. | |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 20:05 - Nov 2 with 1339 views | jack2jack |
Trevor Baylis. | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 20:28 - Nov 2 with 1310 views | Highjack |
He’s Australian and I doubt cricket counts as a science. | |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 20:33 - Nov 2 with 1304 views | jack2jack |
Yeah I know it was a wind up😉 | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 20:54 - Nov 2 with 1290 views | Garyjack |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 21:41 - Nov 2 with 1258 views | Professor |
Good call but unlikely as Darwin used to be on the tenner | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 23:36 - Nov 2 with 1236 views | LeJacobin |
Fred Sanger. Only British scientist to win two Nobel prizes, did very important work in protein sequencing and DNA sequencing which was integral to the molecular biology revolution. He turned down a knighthood so this would be a nice way to honour him and his contribution to science. | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 23:44 - Nov 2 with 1228 views | Jack_Meoff |
Outside shouts but Nikola Tesla and Werner von Braun. Legends. | |
| If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever. |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 00:10 - Nov 3 with 1224 views | Uxbridge |
My money's on Lovelace, and very worthy she'd be too, but I'd vote for Turing or Berners-Lee. Hawking may get the nod due to the timing though. | |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 00:16 - Nov 3 with 1221 views | theloneranger |
Linda Lovelace  | |
| Everyday above ground ... Is a good day! 😎 |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 02:01 - Nov 3 with 1204 views | mathroberts |
Turin or Newton | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 09:45 - Nov 3 with 1169 views | Catullus |
I was going to say Turing but maybe a "team photo" of the codebreakers at Bletchley would be good?
I think they all (as many as they can fit on anyway) deserve the recognition. It covers several bases too so miht keep the PC brigade happy! | |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 11:35 - Nov 3 with 1161 views | WarwickHunt |
They’d doubtless become known as Lindas.
Some people may find that hard to swallow. | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 19:14 - Nov 3 with 1117 views | DJack |
I voted for James Clerk Maxwell as Newton appeared on a note years ago. | |
| It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 19:28 - Nov 3 with 1110 views | Jack_Meoff |
That gag will prove too deep for some Mr H. | |
| If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever. |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 19:34 - Nov 3 with 1109 views | Bloodyhills |
Alan Turing. | |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 09:00 - Nov 4 with 1076 views | sainthelens |
Mr. Holbrook our old science teacher from Bishop Gore. Fckn pervert he was, always made the lads laugh cos of his constant leering at the girls. His creepy smile on a note be quite something. | | | |
| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 11:07 - Nov 4 with 1054 views | yescomeon |
I didn't realise Newton was on the old £1 note, as I've never seen one!!
Maxwell would also be my choice, in fact I'm amazed he's not already appeared on a bank note. | |
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| Your scientist nomination for new £50 note...? on 11:10 - Nov 4 with 1052 views | Highjack |
Let’s hope Mr Holbrook’s lawyers aren’t avid readers of planetswans! | |
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