Who are your top five dead scientists of all time? Not a question you get asked every day, but one that the comedian Robin Ince has tackled at break-neck speed with the help of the human rights charity Amnesty International.
I'm not quite sure why Amnesty have done this, but it hardly matters because it is a good laugh.
So who are his top five:
At 5 is Tycho Brahe, the 16th century Danish astronomer. Ince has warmed to his drunken elk.
Number 4 on the list is Aristotle. The Greek philosopher's "essential essence of rabbityness" is indeed an impressive bit of scientific jargon.
Third is Galileo - his battles with the church would certainly put him on my list.
At 2 is the American physicist Richard Feynman who died in 1988. Ince likes him because "we don't have enough bongo-playing physicists." I don't think anyone can disagree with that.
And top of the list is the American astronomer and astrobiologist Carl Sagan who apparently once said, "to make an apple pie from scratch you must first create the universe". Now you don't get that with Jamie Oliver.
So who's on your list? If anyone plans not to include Darwin I'm going to have to ask them to step outside.
Oh yes, you might also be amused by Ince's summary of Intelligent Design.
