What useful discovery has given someone a household name in recent years?
Household names are more likely celebrities than scientists.
Household names are more likely celebrities than scientists.
Which stands to reason. People only think about you if you do something for them. Newton and Einstein enabled the creation of capital that changed the world, so they are remembered. The guy who discovered something amazing beside them, but that which we still haven't figured out how to use, remains unknown.
Are we talking about HN households or average Joe‘s
I don't expect anyone in Zimbabwe knows who he is, just as I cannot name a single person in Zimbabwe despite being sure they too have household names. His capital enablements, while significant, haven't become world changing.
But I doubt people could name a winner after he’s out of the news.
Maybe Canada is different.