Historically, pop culture doesnt tend to equate sex and the sciences. The pervading image of the people working in any discipline relating to biology, chemistry, physics etc is set in stone from our school days: if youre too into schoolwork youre a geek, so anyone who enters into a career based on a school subject must also be a geek. The cliché runs that scientists will usually be obsessive, unattractive, nerdy and male, with poor personal hygiene and social skills and a total lack of success with, or even interest in, sex and relationships. Looks at televisions highest rated sitcom: four of the original five leads in The Big Bang Theory were slight variations on that trope, and to this day most of the comedy is based around mocking exactly those characteristics. But theres always been a niche market for loveable, oblivious boffins in white coats: Ghostbusters Dr. Egon Spengler has been cinemas secret sex object for thirty years, much to the late, great Harold Ramis amusement. That subversive streak has, over the years, sneaked its way into portrayals of scientists on television, in comic books and in the cinema it can be convincingly argued that the whole CSI franchise is based around transforming sexually regressive science geeks into sexually aggressive cops. With that in mind, and with the constant consideration that smart is sexy, weve scoured all of popular culture to bring you a list of the sexiest scientists in the world although you should know that weve set a moratorium on Robert Downey Jnr.s Tony Stark here. He cant be on every list, after all. Ready? Then lets dive into the plasma pool...
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