Medical thermometer Bahamas, Belize, and the Cayman Islands. Prominent Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist Christiaan Huygens created a clinical thermometer in 1665, to which he added an early form of the centigrade scale by setting the scale to the freezing and boiling points of water. By 1742 Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius created the Celsius temperature scale that was the reverse of the modern scale, in that "0" was the boiling point of water, while "100" was freezing. It would later be reversed by Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778) in 1744. Working independently of Celsius, the Lyonnais physicist Jean-Pierre Christin, permanent secretary of
Nives Celsius points. In the final, she imitated Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the smash hit song "Dani California", which lead her to the victory. She was the first female winner of the show. As a contestant, she was a public favourite, with performances imitating Keith Flint of The Prodigy, Severina, Zvonko Bogdan, Sylvester Stallone from the 1976 film Rocky, and many more. She was the judge for the fifth season, alongside the previous winners. Nives Celsius Nives Zeljković (; born 18 December 1981), known by her stage name Nives Celzijus (Nives Celsius), is a Croatian model, singer,