it’s an honor and a privilege to meet
you sir
be nice to nerds you may end up working
for one I know
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
nerd icons for this list we’re ranking
some of the real-life people who’ve
brought nerds the most joy whether in
the form of scientific advancement
entertainment or just by being awesome
to be clear we’re not saying these
people are nerds just that nerds tend to
love them and yeah we’re nerds
what of it now this is not going to be
pretty we’re talking violence strong
language adult content number 10 the
writer Joss Whedon whether you’re a fan
of Buffy Firefly Toy Story or the
Avengers Whedon your source for
self-referential sarcastic pop-culture
reference heavy nerd comedy i understood
that reference he’s also known for
creating some of the most badass female
protagonists ever as well as the angsty
as characters he ever did see her
getting kicked out of school for losing
all of my friends for having to spend
all of my time fighting for my life and
never getting to tell anyone because i
might endanger them
even though he tends to kill off
everyone’s favors Whedon’s projects
almost always earned cult status making
him a king among nerds he doesn’t fight
evil or shoot lasers or fly number nine
the edge you Taner Bill Nye
I put his mechanical engineering
background to good use once he became a
comedy writer using his trademark energy
and humor to bring edutainment to kids I
said I mean what’s the big deal with his
never-ending stream of bowties and
scientific info Bill Nye the Science Guy
is a fond memory for anyone who grew up
in the 90s your option today he still
spends his days spreading the gospel of
science and denying evolution deniers
evolution is a fact we can prove
evolution to you if you want to deny
that stuff you’re setting aside what
makes humans so good we are going to
leave it right there
number eight the Trekker George Takei oh
my the Star Trek universe is replete
with actors and characters who struck a
chord with nerds
but Takei transcended his role as Sulu
to gain fans from all walks of life not
only a trailblazer for asian-americans
in Hollywood he’s also at the forefront
of the gay rights movement mr. McCann’s
you are a douchebag and he’s a
remarkably popular and incisive social
media presence we hope he lives long and
prospers send me a tweet tell me what
you think and hashtag it decays takes
number seven the director George Lucas
Star Wars Indiana Jones eat we say more
while he may have gone off the rails in
terms of his movie making choices since
Jedi was released
no one can deny that Luke has created
one of the most epic fictional universes
this side of Tatooine not only that he
built his own empire by making the
dreams of fanboys come true and yes
we’re talking about Leia’s bikini joy is
something you can recall pleasure you
can’t so the secret is that even though
it’s not as intense as the pleasure the
joy will last you a lot longer number 6
the teacher Neil deGrasse Tyson the
beginning of your program your earth is
spinning the wrong direction
astrophysics ain’t no thing for this
world famous scientist like his mentor
Carl Sagan he has made science
accessible with his easy-to-understand
explanations of the mysteries of the
universe
if Neptune were analogized with a Chevy
Impala how big is Pluto compared to that
so this Chevy Impala parked at curbside
Pluto would be not like a Mini Cooper no
it would be a matchbox car sitting on
the curb when he’s not busy demoting
Pluto to a dwarf planet or ripping on
the scientific inaccuracies of Hollywood
films deGrasse Tyson is bringing his
quirky personality to talk shows
podcasts and his own version of Sagan’s
Cosmos are we going to be quizzed on
this because I’m not taking notes he is
suddenly taken Bryggen for a guy who
looks like he plays bass in the Jay
geils Band number 5 the skeptic Carl
Sagan it is said that men may not be the
dreams of the gods but rather that the
gods are the dreams of men the true
definition of a science communicator
Sagan was one of the first to explain
complicated theories in layman’s terms
producing billions and billions of
thinkers and skeptics there’s no
evidence for this I just say that’s not
implausible known for his stance against
nuclear weapons his connection to the
u.s. space program and his interest in
planets and extraterrestrial life this
astronomer astrophysicist and
cosmologists inspired a generation with
books and films like contact and he
TV series cosmos we’re just beginning to
trace the long and tortuous path which
began with the primeval fireball and led
to the condensation of matter gas dust
stars galaxies and at least in our
little nook the universe planets and
life intelligence and inquisitive men
and women number four the entrepreneur
Bill Gates hello I’m Bill Gates chairman
of Microsoft
while Steve Jobs is another important
tech entrepreneur Gates gets credit for
spurring the personal computer explosion
the richest man in the world depending
on the year he started small with a
childhood interest in computer
programming aggressive business
strategies turned that into Microsoft
and the rest is history
95 is so easy even a talk show host can
figure it out he and his wife Melinda
are also noted philanthropists so you
know Gates doesn’t just lie around on
his piles of money this will become the
second disease after smallpox that’s
ever been eradicated number three the
superhero
Stanley judging by fan excitement over
as many film cameos Stanley truly is the
men after all he co-created the Marvel
Universe and iconic characters like
spider-man The Avengers the Fantastic
Four the x-men and many many more and
superheros the most important thing is
to get a new power right and you run out
of powers the guy can fly a guy his
strong ago what’s left
he also dispensed with traditional comic
book rules to tackle real world issues
and themes in the process he became a
dynamic marble spokesman that any fanboy
would die to meet holy shit excelsior
Archie Oh Stanley hi
number two the genius Stephen Hawking
diagnosed with ALS in his early 20s and
given only a few years to live dr.
Hawking defied the odds to become one of
the world’s most famous theoretical
physicists and cosmologists with the
coolest wheelchair we’ve ever seen
eventually writing books like a brief
history of time and forming
groundbreaking theories about black
holes
– which we don’t understand Hawking
cemented his status as a brilliant
badass I’m sure what dr. Hawking means
is Islands I don’t need anyone to talk
for me except this voice box you have
clearly been corrupted by power for
shame Larry Flynt is right you guys
stick before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
kids ask the question if the universe
bang then what made it bang and the
answer is dark energy I’m fundamentally
an optimistic person as an entrepreneur
the vast majority of Americans want this
to happen we have to push forward it
needs to happen adventure excitement
Jedi craves not these things I find that
one of the problems with with people who
attempt to convey science to laypeople
whether it’s children or adults is they
tend to be obsessed with bringing it
down to earth and making it ordinary and
mundane and the sort of thing you might
meet in your own kitchen
as the planet continues to shrink in
size his surface moves away from us
forcing us to spiral down to maintain
the same distance from exactly it was a
long time ago mankind has evolved since
then yes into us and we’d like to show
it to you today for the first time and
we call it the iPad number one the mad
scientist Albert Einstein with his
twinkling eyes childlike wonder and
unkempt hair
Einstein is the quintessential mad
scientist and he’s got the goods to back
up his reputation his landmark research
built the foundation on which physics is
based and altered the accepted
perceptions of space time and matter but
he’s perhaps best remembered for
formulating the most famous equation of
the 20th century and for being an
unpretentious genius do you agree with
our list what does it take the status
about you who do you think are the
biggest nerd icons it’s made for more
geeky top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
resume course to our next destination
mr. Suder course laid in sir
steady as she goes
you sir
be nice to nerds you may end up working
for one I know
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
nerd icons for this list we’re ranking
some of the real-life people who’ve
brought nerds the most joy whether in
the form of scientific advancement
entertainment or just by being awesome
to be clear we’re not saying these
people are nerds just that nerds tend to
love them and yeah we’re nerds
what of it now this is not going to be
pretty we’re talking violence strong
language adult content number 10 the
writer Joss Whedon whether you’re a fan
of Buffy Firefly Toy Story or the
Avengers Whedon your source for
self-referential sarcastic pop-culture
reference heavy nerd comedy i understood
that reference he’s also known for
creating some of the most badass female
protagonists ever as well as the angsty
as characters he ever did see her
getting kicked out of school for losing
all of my friends for having to spend
all of my time fighting for my life and
never getting to tell anyone because i
might endanger them
even though he tends to kill off
everyone’s favors Whedon’s projects
almost always earned cult status making
him a king among nerds he doesn’t fight
evil or shoot lasers or fly number nine
the edge you Taner Bill Nye
I put his mechanical engineering
background to good use once he became a
comedy writer using his trademark energy
and humor to bring edutainment to kids I
said I mean what’s the big deal with his
never-ending stream of bowties and
scientific info Bill Nye the Science Guy
is a fond memory for anyone who grew up
in the 90s your option today he still
spends his days spreading the gospel of
science and denying evolution deniers
evolution is a fact we can prove
evolution to you if you want to deny
that stuff you’re setting aside what
makes humans so good we are going to
leave it right there
number eight the Trekker George Takei oh
my the Star Trek universe is replete
with actors and characters who struck a
chord with nerds
but Takei transcended his role as Sulu
to gain fans from all walks of life not
only a trailblazer for asian-americans
in Hollywood he’s also at the forefront
of the gay rights movement mr. McCann’s
you are a douchebag and he’s a
remarkably popular and incisive social
media presence we hope he lives long and
prospers send me a tweet tell me what
you think and hashtag it decays takes
number seven the director George Lucas
Star Wars Indiana Jones eat we say more
while he may have gone off the rails in
terms of his movie making choices since
Jedi was released
no one can deny that Luke has created
one of the most epic fictional universes
this side of Tatooine not only that he
built his own empire by making the
dreams of fanboys come true and yes
we’re talking about Leia’s bikini joy is
something you can recall pleasure you
can’t so the secret is that even though
it’s not as intense as the pleasure the
joy will last you a lot longer number 6
the teacher Neil deGrasse Tyson the
beginning of your program your earth is
spinning the wrong direction
astrophysics ain’t no thing for this
world famous scientist like his mentor
Carl Sagan he has made science
accessible with his easy-to-understand
explanations of the mysteries of the
universe
if Neptune were analogized with a Chevy
Impala how big is Pluto compared to that
so this Chevy Impala parked at curbside
Pluto would be not like a Mini Cooper no
it would be a matchbox car sitting on
the curb when he’s not busy demoting
Pluto to a dwarf planet or ripping on
the scientific inaccuracies of Hollywood
films deGrasse Tyson is bringing his
quirky personality to talk shows
podcasts and his own version of Sagan’s
Cosmos are we going to be quizzed on
this because I’m not taking notes he is
suddenly taken Bryggen for a guy who
looks like he plays bass in the Jay
geils Band number 5 the skeptic Carl
Sagan it is said that men may not be the
dreams of the gods but rather that the
gods are the dreams of men the true
definition of a science communicator
Sagan was one of the first to explain
complicated theories in layman’s terms
producing billions and billions of
thinkers and skeptics there’s no
evidence for this I just say that’s not
implausible known for his stance against
nuclear weapons his connection to the
u.s. space program and his interest in
planets and extraterrestrial life this
astronomer astrophysicist and
cosmologists inspired a generation with
books and films like contact and he
TV series cosmos we’re just beginning to
trace the long and tortuous path which
began with the primeval fireball and led
to the condensation of matter gas dust
stars galaxies and at least in our
little nook the universe planets and
life intelligence and inquisitive men
and women number four the entrepreneur
Bill Gates hello I’m Bill Gates chairman
of Microsoft
while Steve Jobs is another important
tech entrepreneur Gates gets credit for
spurring the personal computer explosion
the richest man in the world depending
on the year he started small with a
childhood interest in computer
programming aggressive business
strategies turned that into Microsoft
and the rest is history
95 is so easy even a talk show host can
figure it out he and his wife Melinda
are also noted philanthropists so you
know Gates doesn’t just lie around on
his piles of money this will become the
second disease after smallpox that’s
ever been eradicated number three the
superhero
Stanley judging by fan excitement over
as many film cameos Stanley truly is the
men after all he co-created the Marvel
Universe and iconic characters like
spider-man The Avengers the Fantastic
Four the x-men and many many more and
superheros the most important thing is
to get a new power right and you run out
of powers the guy can fly a guy his
strong ago what’s left
he also dispensed with traditional comic
book rules to tackle real world issues
and themes in the process he became a
dynamic marble spokesman that any fanboy
would die to meet holy shit excelsior
Archie Oh Stanley hi
number two the genius Stephen Hawking
diagnosed with ALS in his early 20s and
given only a few years to live dr.
Hawking defied the odds to become one of
the world’s most famous theoretical
physicists and cosmologists with the
coolest wheelchair we’ve ever seen
eventually writing books like a brief
history of time and forming
groundbreaking theories about black
holes
– which we don’t understand Hawking
cemented his status as a brilliant
badass I’m sure what dr. Hawking means
is Islands I don’t need anyone to talk
for me except this voice box you have
clearly been corrupted by power for
shame Larry Flynt is right you guys
stick before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
kids ask the question if the universe
bang then what made it bang and the
answer is dark energy I’m fundamentally
an optimistic person as an entrepreneur
the vast majority of Americans want this
to happen we have to push forward it
needs to happen adventure excitement
Jedi craves not these things I find that
one of the problems with with people who
attempt to convey science to laypeople
whether it’s children or adults is they
tend to be obsessed with bringing it
down to earth and making it ordinary and
mundane and the sort of thing you might
meet in your own kitchen
as the planet continues to shrink in
size his surface moves away from us
forcing us to spiral down to maintain
the same distance from exactly it was a
long time ago mankind has evolved since
then yes into us and we’d like to show
it to you today for the first time and
we call it the iPad number one the mad
scientist Albert Einstein with his
twinkling eyes childlike wonder and
unkempt hair
Einstein is the quintessential mad
scientist and he’s got the goods to back
up his reputation his landmark research
built the foundation on which physics is
based and altered the accepted
perceptions of space time and matter but
he’s perhaps best remembered for
formulating the most famous equation of
the 20th century and for being an
unpretentious genius do you agree with
our list what does it take the status
about you who do you think are the
biggest nerd icons it’s made for more
geeky top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
resume course to our next destination
mr. Suder course laid in sir
steady as she goes
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