Re: Sixth surely?
"What does Francis have to do with this?"
He was the one who suggested groups of people get together and do scientific research in the interests of the development of civilisation. (He also recommended industrial espionage, which would eventually be used to the immense benefit of the New England economy and later still China. Up till then science was basically what individual gentlemen who found chasing foxes a bit boring used to do as a kind of hobby.)
So - he's one of the reasons we have CERN.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
