The results of a survey released this week revealed that one in 20 British children believe gravity was discovered by pop crusader Bob Geldof. Here, for the benefit of these children, and possibly their parents, is our cut-out-and-keep guide to not confusing Sir Isaac with Sir Bob.
Bob Geldof KBE
Famously Swore on television; hates poverty; looks homeless.
Strengths Still alive.
Likes Making poverty history.
Dislikes Mondays.
Politics Advocates fathers' rights and nuclear energy. Opposes the Euro. Is global poverty adviser to the Conservative party.
Great works A few Boomtown Rats songs; Band Aid; Live Aid; Live 8; Peaches Geldof (co-authored)
In his own words "I'm fairly lucky in that I've always looked like shite. If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older."
Sir Isaac Newton
Famously Discovered gravity under a tree.
Strengths Maths; physics; astronomy; philosophy; theology.
Likes Making gravity science.
Dislikes Apples; people saying, "Don't mind him, an apple fell on his head"; being constantly associated with apples.
Politics Elected as an MP in 1689. His only contribution seems to have been to suggest they close the window.
Great works Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica; Opticks; The System of the World
In his own words "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
