Somebody like Mailer brings to that role everything that he stands for. The types of characters that I gravitate towards, the types of icons, tend to have a heavy physicality in that way.
Science is defined in various ways, but today it is generally restricted to something which is experimental, which is repeatable, which can be predicted, and which is falsifiable.
Arvid Carlsson, Scientist (1923) |
John Arbuthnot Fisher, Soldier (1841) |
David Ginola, Athlete (1967) |
Andrew P. Harris, Politician (1957) |
Ernie Harwell, Celebrity (1918) |
Etta James, Musician (1938) |
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Musician (1927) |
Rufus Jones, Writer (1863) |
Alicia Keys, Musician (1981) |
Ava Gardner, Actress (1990) |
Philip Johnson, Architect (2005) |
Jonathan Larson, Composer (1996) |