Sir Liam Donaldson

Born 1952. The UK Government's Chief Medical Officer - ie the man charged with minimising public health risks and warning the country of the consequences of their actions. Since taking on the post in 1998, Sir Liam has had to deal with a number of controversies. Body parts scandals, excessive female drinking, BSE, ME, human cloning, flu epidemics, and the Harold Shipman case among many other things are everyday work issues for Sir/Professor Liam.

Galileo

1564-1642. Born in Pisa. Italian astronomer and physicist. He pioneered the 'Experimental Scientific Method' and was the first to use a refracting telescope to make important astronomical discoveries. You know the moons of planet Jupiter and the phases of the planet Venus? Well, that’s all down to Galileo that is.

Elizabeth Mills

Elizabeth Mills. In charge of the Research into Ageing since 1990, and in that time she has transformed the organisation, increasing turnover from £200,000 to over £2 million per annum. Her work has had an enormous impact both in the voluntary sector and government policy. A UK advisor to the Institute of Global Ethics.

Kevin Satchwell

It's traditional for youngsters to see their headmaster in less than a hallowed way. However, Kevin has certainly been impressing the right people with the academic results his Shropshire school is churning out.
Arise, Sir Kev

Sir Clive Sinclair

Mad, brilliant, misguided, eccentric? Or all four?... The jury may be out on the viability of some of Sir Clive's Boffin-inspired output, but one thing's for sure. What's left of his hair is Red.

Andrew Wiles

In 1637, the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat wondered if the formula x^n + y^n >= z^n could be solved. Fermat’s Last Theorem confused and defeated generations of young men who should really have been out drinking beer and meeting girls. Whatever.
It was left to Andrew and his mathematical brain (that sits beneath his numerate Red Hair) to sort this little teaser out. Wiles proved that it cannot be true for n>2. Apparently.
Now FLT has been solved, we can all sleep soundly in our beds.

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