Lists of Bests: a hundred awesome autodidactics http://www.listsofbests.com/list/9118 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:10:26 GMT en-us 0 50 6 0 0 Albert Einstein: self-taught physicist; formulated both relativity theories and won 1921 nobel prize http://43people.com/profile/view/587431 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://43people.com/profile/view/587431"><a href="/profile/show/587431"><img src="http://media.43places.com/profile/200365s75.jpg" height="75" style="padding:1px;border: 1px solid #ccc;" width="75" /></a></a></div> John Harrison: self-taught clockmaker; designed and built world's first successful maritime clock http://43people.com/profile/view/587394 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://43people.com/profile/view/587394"><a href="/profile/show/587394"><img src="http://media.43places.com/profile/200352s75.jpg" height="75" style="padding:1px;border: 1px solid #ccc;" width="75" /></a></a></div> Tadao Ando: self-taught architect; won 1995 Pritzker Architecture Prize among many others http://43people.com/profile/view/587479 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://43people.com/profile/view/587479"><a href="/profile/show/587479"><img src="http://media.43places.com/profile/200392s75.jpg" height="75" style="padding:1px;border: 1px solid #ccc;" width="75" /></a></a></div> Mary Leakey: self-taught archaeologist; found artifacts that redefined the study of human evolution http://43people.com/profile/view/587521 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://43people.com/profile/view/587521"><a href="/profile/show/587521"><img src="http://media.43places.com/profile/200413s75.jpg" height="75" style="padding:1px;border: 1px solid #ccc;" width="75" /></a></a></div> Bill Gates: self-taught programmer; founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, richest man on earth http://43people.com/profile/view/587524 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://43people.com/profile/view/587524"><a href="/profile/show/587524"><img src="http://media.43places.com/profile/200416s75.jpg" height="75" style="padding:1px;border: 1px solid #ccc;" width="75" /></a></a></div> Léon Foucault: self-taught physicist; used pendulum to prove the earth's rotation among other things http://43people.com/profile/view/587531 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://43people.com/profile/view/587531"><a href="/profile/show/587531"><img src="http://media.43places.com/profile/200424s75.jpg" height="75" style="padding:1px;border: 1px solid #ccc;" width="75" /></a></a></div>