This article intends to discuss the myths that surround some of the greatest scientists that already existed, and the controversy of the same ones. A lot of times, those myths appear in didact and in scientific popularization books in a incontestable way. They are frequently told in the possible most fantastic way, with the praiseworthy intent of provoking interest in the science, but that end up showing it is inaccessible to the common people since most of the times the scientific discovery reported by them are put as a result of geniality. Otherwise, when this is not the case they devaluate it, showing the great discoveries as a result of the fortuity. To illustrate certain controversies on certain myths we chose some of the most celebrated characters of the science: Archimedes, Galileu, Newton, Edison and Einstein. The article has the purpose to show to the reader that there are countless controversies behind a myth, which discussion among researchers in history of the sciences generally is not disclosed.