a hundred awesome autodidactics

1. 1. Albert Einstein: self-taught physicist; formulated both relativity theories and won 1921 nobel prize Drag me to re-order

2. 2. John Harrison: self-taught clockmaker; designed and built world's first successful maritime clock Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Tadao Ando: self-taught architect; won 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize among many others Drag me to re-order

4. 4. Mary Leakey: self-taught archaeologist; found artifacts that redefined the study of human evolution Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Bill Gates: self-taught programmer; founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, richest man on earth Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Léon Foucault: self-taught physicist; used pendulum to prove the earth's rotation among other things Drag me to re-order