Who is the most corrupt and crooked scientist ever known?

They are a few answers to this question already including several sick humans. But my viewpoint is by far the worst with his inhumanity towards his fellow Man. Josef Mengelola. Secret diaries of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele offer glimpse into twisted mind. read more

Watson and Crick. They stole the secret to the construction of DNA from Rosalind Franklin by planting a spy in her laboratory. Maurice Wilkins stole her x-ray diffraction images and Watson & Crick analyzed them and subsequently won the Nobel prize for Franklin’s original work. read more

While there are undoubtedly people in the history of science who stand out as landmark figures (Newton, Einstein, Darwin and the rest), it is widely held that no scientist is uniquely invaluable. Even the monumental shifts that Einstein introduced did not come out of nowhere, other people would have come to the same conclusion, albeit eventually. read more