Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) Max Planck (1858-1947) Michael Faraday (1791-1867) Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Robert Boyle (1791-1867) read more
Weighing in at the top spot is, of course, Richard Dawkins. Using science, and especially the evolutionary theory of Darwin, to undercut the factual basis of religious belief, he has turned against religion as rationally and morally incoherent. Dawkins is the most conspicuous public voice and face of contemporary atheism. read more