The unknown great scientists

So what makes a good scientist? The preferred parameters in academy are the number of publications and of patents registered. General public maybe tends to emphasize revolutionary discoveries. But Helton Escobar at his blog (in Portuguese) notes that the advancement of science depends on many others qualities: the ability to admnistrate large projects, to teach and educate, to write about science to non-specialists, to be good curators of science museums, expositions and collections. Virtuosity may be found in all of these skills. His answer: We need all of kinds of scientists. Bingo.