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Top 10 Real Life Craziest Scientists

The Next Level of Craziness

By SurajPublished 4 years ago 7 min read
Top 10 Real Life Craziest Scientists
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Thanks to today's technology and advanced understanding of every essential aspect. All these have made our lifestyle much easier than before. But who made this possible in reality?

Your answer may be the scientist who does tons of experiments to give the things that the world needs to utilize.

Therefore, here in this article, we will be discussing the top 10 real-life craziest scientists.

They have contributed a lot with their madness and greatness. So, let's start discussing these supercool and mad history legends. 

10.Barry Marshall: Drank Bacteria to Prove, Bacteria can Live in the Human Stomach

Barry Marshall is one of the craziest scientists ever heard about because everyone claims bacteria can not live or survive in the human body.

But Mr. Marshall has his own opinion, and he used to say bacteria can survive in the stomach of humans.

Marshall was the Australian doctor who spent his whole childhood constructing firewoods and playing with his dog. As per his research, Barry knows bacteria can cause ulcers.

He treated one of his patients with antibiotic therapy as well, who recovered later on. But when Marshall tried to publish his researched-based knowledge with the rest of the world, the medical fraternity laughed at him at the conference.

But Barry was sure, and to prove his findings, he drank some bacteria some days. After a few days, it starts showing symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Finally, the medical community accepted his research and said he was right.

As he drank some bacteria, he was in trouble, so he used the antibiotic and, after recovery, was awarded a Nobel prize in physiology. 

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 9.Thor Heyerdahl: Sailed Pacific Ocean and Covered 4300 Miles in 101 Days. 

Thor Heyerdahl was an adventurer and Norwegian Indiana Jones. Also, Heyerdahl had a profound understanding of botany, biology, and geography.

And he did some crazy things to prove his archaeological theories. To prove this, he sailed a reed raft which they made only to sail the Pacific Ocean.

Heyerdahl suspected that people could see seas in handmade tiny reed boats.

So in 1947, he and his team sailed around 4300 Miles in the pacific Ocean within 101 days.

They did this to prove their theory work, and Mainstream anthropologists weren't right this time.

After some time in 2011, with the help of some generic information contributed to his perception.

However, still, most of the mainstream anthropologists with the sea stunt proved nothing.  

8.Kevin Warwick: Have Wholly Transformed His Body Like a Robot and the World's First Cyborg

Most of you may have heard about Kevin Warwick, who transformed his body like a robot.

He is a British professor and scientist and has expertise in cybernetics. At this point, Warwick realized that research on robotic science is getting wayside slowly.

Therefore, he decided to be the first cyborg in the world. So, to start with, his experiment comes up with an RFID chip on his hand that can open electric windows, doors and turns on or off lights.

But till 2002, he became a complete cyborg with an entirely robotic body. He tested almost everything from electronic surgery to the nervous system to integrate with a neutral interface even though he tried to control his emotions and to feel with electronic channels.

Although this can seem crazy, scientists prove many theorems wrong with their greatness and madness.  

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7.Jose Delgado: He Used to do Mighty Experiments to Control the Mind with His Device. 

He was a University of Madrid graduate and also got a prestigious professorship at Yale University.

But when it comes to his research, it was highly mighty as he researched mind control.

While he was at Yale University during the 1950-the 1960s, he attached an electrode into the brain of his primates.

Delgado used to send radio frequencies to control animals and perform the desired activity.

He also decided to deal with the beast bull and stop in between before he reached. It can sound weird and mighty, but Jose was committed to doing this.

However, he and his device only impacted the people's aggression, but this was a way to control minds or do mind hacking.  

6.Lady Margaret Cavendish: One of the First Female Philosophers from England

She was one of the first female philosophers of England and presented a controversial figure in the 17 century.

Lady Margaret Cavendish was a prolific writer and outspoken intellectual personality.

She decided to be a part of the scientist community as most people used to think women do not have a place in the science community.

Once upon a time, Cavendish decided to write about positive and negative things about one of her friends.

After writing what she thought, she should send the positive one to her friend and get some appreciation.

Unfortunately, she sent the wrong list containing negative things about her friend, so she also got outraged results from her. Cavendish also tried to be the physician of self.

As a result, she became likely to die because without the needed medical care.

Due to these reasons, Cavendish has obtained her place in the list of our craziest scientists. 

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 5.Sergei Brukhonenko: Russian Scientists Contributed a Lot to Russian Open-Heart Surgery.

Sergei Brukhonenko was one of the influential scientists of the Soviets because he contributed a lot to the advancement of Russian open-heart surgery.

But we cannot underestimate his crazy experiments on animals. When he used to slice the animals and kill them, he did not feel satisfied.

Even he would not like the death of animals even if he cut their head. In 1930, Brukhonenko started some critical experiments with the help of his team.

Here he cut the head of a dog and kept him alive by hooking up the body with air to keep providing blood flow.

Therefore, he is also one of the greatest and craziest scientists whose act was captured in the film Experiments in the Revival of Organisms released in 1940. 

4.Shen Kuo: Famous Scholar Provided Tons of Theories, Including UFOs

Shen Kuo is one of the most favorite colors and belongs to the Northern Song Dynasty.

He was an ultimate genius of maths, geology, physics, astronomy, and arguing. Kuo was the person who used to say the gravity pool of the moon causes tides.

Aside from this, he also claimed that the earth and sun are spherical, not flat. But he is also awarded for providing information about UFOs.

In his documentation, he has described floating objects in the sky. There he has mentioned, "as bright as a pearl" for the object itself.

Shen Kuo's report has maintained a written proof about this theory that may help many UFO researchers.

As per his research, it seems that he used to have an interest in supernatural alien visions.  

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3.Sir Henry Head: Conducted Study of Pain and Selected for Many Nobel Prize Nominations

Can you answer how pain works? If you search about this, then you may probably find information about Sir Henry Head.

He was a British neurologist and decided to understand the pain in the body.

Therefore, he contacted patients with the damaged nerve and asked how they felt after this incident.

But when he did not feel satisfied, he decided to experiment on himself and understand it correctly.

Then he contacted one of his surgeon friends and was guided to remove a portion of his radial nerve with the surgery.

After this, a strange experiment started happening under the Henry Head on him. With this experiment, he gathered much information about the pain.

Sir Henry Head's work essentially helped him to earn knighthood and many Nobel Prizes nominations.

And the most important thing he talked about is peace of mind. 

2.Albert Einstein: Gave So Many Physics and Mathematics Theorems 

Who does not know about Albert Einstein? Most of the math students love him for his so complex theorems.

He is also known for his contribution to the study of gravity and gravity theorems.

You all will agree that Albert Einstein is one of the most celebrated scientists of recent years. Every child knows him as the world's most intelligent person.

But what made him get respect and fame, the craziness he had to prove the things he wanted and came up with unbreakable theories.

Albert Einstein moved physics from his head using his theories of relativity.

Therefore, the contribution of this mad and one of the best scientists can not be ignored. Therefore he took second place in this list of scientists. 

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1.Nikola Tesla: He Created an Ac Generator, Wireless Radio, Study On x-Rays, and Much More.  

He is also one of the most famous scientists globally. He has made several crazy inventions that the world can realize today.

Nikola Tesla was a student of Austrian Polytechnic in Graz but didn't complete his graduation.

He is one of the most innovative and craziest scientists because he is credited with the wireless radio and AC generator inventions.

He started on these experiments when that helped to give birth to the electrical age.

Tesla also worked on 135 Feet longed for artificial lighting. When it didn't work, he worked on particle guns because he thought they could bring airplanes down and fly machines using antigravity techniques.

His studies on X-rays are commendable. The madness that he showed in his research still provided so much value for upcoming generations.

As per his ripe age, he kept growing his level of experiments. He was working on an experiment aversion to touching human hairs.

He also worked on many other types of research that were entirely up to his madness. Somehow, he was successful in the experiments.  

Conclusion

We discussed the top 10 real-life craziest scientists on this list.

We discussed Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Barry Marshall, and many other crazy scientists.

We hope you liked the list that we created for you, so if you like this list, then please feel free to comment down below about your favorite scientist. 

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About the Creator

Suraj

I'm a writer, blogger, freelancer, willing to learn, and eager to share motivational, entrepreneurship, money-making, and business-related content among the audience. I also run my personal blog: www.paisekiyukti.com.

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