John Fox Captain of Towards a New Moustache

Alright! Time to wrap up our final Great Moustaches in Science and the Men They Made Famous laureate! This, of course, is none other than the genius Nikola Tesla. The guy spoke eight languages. He could memorize and recite entire books. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 patents. Honestly, he should be admired just for the pure awesomeness that is the Tesla Coil. Then there is all the other brilliant stuff he did. Yes, there is no doubt that his impeccably, most likely compulsively groomed moustache played a large role in the genius of Nikola Tesla.

Wow! Did I get side-tracked at the end of the month! There are still two more major Moustaches in Science to get to, so here we go: Max Planck! Max came up with a little thing called quantum theory. Yeah. That quantum theory. Also, he realized the brilliance of some young guy from a patent office named Albert. Yeah. That Albert.

Our next laureate comes to us from a field of science near and dear to me: forestry! To cut to the chase, Famous Moustaches in Science and the Men They Made Famous recognizes Gifford Pinchot! Pinchot served as the first Chief of the US Forest Service. The largest tree in Connecticut, a hall at Penn State University, and a National Forest in Washington all carry his name!

I'm back in the civilized world! What does that mean? More science! Today's laureate in Great Moustaches in Science and the Men They Made Famous is: George Washington Carver! So much more than just the man obsessed with peanuts we were taught about in grade school, Carver was immensely talented in a variety of studies. In fact, another famous moustache, the one belonging to Theodore Roosevelt, admired his work.

Wowsers! I've been in the woods too long! Time to hit you all with another Great Moustache in Science and the Man it Made Famous! Check out Eugène Charles Catalan! He did some crazy stuff with numbers! Also try running an image search on Catalan surface and see some of the wild geometry he was working on.